Deaths in New Zealand attributable to second hand cigarette smoke

Deaths in New Zealand attributable to second hand cigarette smoke
Date of publication: September 2000

There are about 388 deaths caused by SHS in New Zealand each year.

This represents an additional 8% over and above deaths due to direct smoking and about three quarters the number of people killed each year on the roads in New Zealand in recent years.

However there are many uncertainties associated with this calculation. We have explored the effect of varying the assumptions on which the estimate is based, and on this basis suggest a plausible range of 180 - 621 deaths per year. Extrapolations from other national estimates of deaths attributable to SHS overlap this range.

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