page_title: Smoking in Tokelau
section_title: Smoking by age
hierarchical_section_title: Smoking in Tokelau / Smoking by age
caption_attribution_description: Proportion of Tokelau residents who smoke regularly, using data from the 2006 Tokelau Census and the 2011 Tokelau Census.
context_page_description: Smoking in Tokelau is prevalent, with ethnic Tokelauans having the highest smoking prevalence of all Pacific ethnicities. In the 2011 Tokelau Census, 47.8% of people aged over 15 were found to be regular cigarette smokers.
context_section_description: At the time of the 2011 Tokelau Census 23.1% of Tokelau's 15- to 19-year-olds smoked cigarettes regularly. This figure has dropped markedly since 2006, when 40.4% of 15- to 19-year-olds smoked regularly.
  Also at the time of the 2011 Tokelau Census, nearly 70% of Tokelau's people aged 20 to 29 years smoked cigarettes regularly (69.9%). This is much higher than the national rate (47.8%).
  The next-highest proportion of regular smokers was for the 30- to 39-year-olds (56.8%). The older age groups were the least likely to be regular smokers, with 19.0% of those aged over 70 being smokers in 2011.
caption: Smoking by age, 2006-2011
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