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This 5 page paper considers he similarities between smoking and drinking in New Zealand and the United States, and looks at how the similarities may indicate common underlying factors. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
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and bad for the health. Despite this smoking and drinking still continues. If we consider the incidence in terms of demographics, we may start to get some ideas of patterns
and the reasons why it may be continue and who may be at greatest risk and why, from a sociological perspective. If
we start by looking at tobacco use in New Zealand there are some interesting trends. There is a smokers rate in 1999 for those over age 15 of 26%, in
terms of gender this females show a 22% incidence and males a 26% incidence. However, for the age group 15 - 24 there are higher proportions of smokers, 30% of
females and 27% of males (WHO, 2000). However we can also look at smoking by way of ethnicity and also education level. In terms of ethnicity the highest smoking group
are the Maori, with 42% rate, 30% of which smoke daily, and 12% smoke occasionally and a further 29% are ex smokers (ASH, 1999).
The second most popular group of smokers are those of European descent, with an overall total of 22%, 16% smoking everyday and a further 6% smoking occasionally,
28% were ex smokers (ASH, 1999). The patterns here are clear, young females 15 - 24 are more likely to smoke. More worryingly the Maori population are almost twice as
likely to smoke as the European population, the second most prolific smokers on the Islands. I6 is also worth noting that as education standard increased so did the incidence and
level of smoking decreased (ASH, 1999). Studies have taken place to ascertain is smoking is stimulated by environmental factors, it has been found that negative cues will stimulate a
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