Statistics New Zealand, the agency responsible for the census, said on its website that vaping and vaping use was the main theme of submissions for the 2020 Census.

Daily use of e-cigarettes has increased by 151% since the last census in 2018, according to a smaller health survey.

But Stats NZ deputy government statistician Simon Mason said the agency was investing money and effort into ensuring more people answered the census after low turnout in 2018, rather than changing the questions.

Given the "volume" of inquiries questioning the 2018 census changes, there's been little appetite for change this time around, Mason said.

"Typically, every census is a high-change census, and 2023 is a low-change census."

Mason said they had carefully considered whether the census was the right way to capture vaping data, given that the government's annual New Zealand Health Survey had already done so.

"While this is a sample survey, it gives the Department of Health a better understanding of how they can achieve better results with vaping, rather than using the census as a means of doing so."

But Letitia Harding, chief executive of the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation, said it wasn't enough.

Health surveys typically collect data on about 13,000 adults and 4,000 children — but due to the impact of Covid-19, the most recent sample size was about a third.

Almost the entire population responded to the census, which Harding said will provide a better understanding of Aotearoa's vaping landscape.

"The general census can also remove some of the bias," she said.

"A health survey with a particular focus on health, and taking snapshots of everyday life across industries may give us a better understanding of vaping."

"If we can start collecting data early on and put it into the census, then we have this kind of benchmark that not only measures how often it's used there, but also compares that to, you know, whether there's been an increase in vaping belts. associated negative impact.”

The Census website says the survey informs how billions of dollars are being spent across the country and in our communities to change everyone's future.

Harding said excluding vaping from the census could mean it doesn't get the attention and funding it needs from the government.

"The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation has been asking the government for help for years to help educate on vaping and of course we have not received any funding from the government."

"We're going to continue to make sure we work to help reverse these regulations, limit nicotine levels and limit the number of retailers that can sell it, and stop our rangatahi from actually becoming dependent on vaping."

"Hopefully in five years' time, we won't see that, and we won't see long-term lung damage from these products."

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