1) Prevention Division supports recent calls (see attached journal editorial) for the inclusion of a new question in the census to ask; ‘Do you currently smoke regularly, that is at least once a day’?
2) This would provide accurate data on smoking prevalence among smaller geographical or sub-population groups, which is a current information gap.
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Assessment Criteria 1
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This topic is of current national importance.
National Importance
This would provide accurate data on smoking prevalence among smaller geographical or sub-population groups, which is a current information gap
Assessment Criteria 2
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There is a need for data from a Census of the whole population.
For whole population
This would provide accurate data on smoking prevalence among smaller geographical or sub-population groups, which is a current information gap