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title: Quantifying Māori spend on tobacco, alcohol & gambling
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# [Quantifying Māori spend on tobacco, alcohol & gambling](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/quantifying-mc481ori-spend-on-tobacco-alcohol-gambling)

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*NZIER report prepared for the Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking as part of a programme of research supported by a grant from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, Inc.*

Māori spent $1 billion on tobacco, $731 million on alcohol and $376 million on gambling activities in 2018. They have the highest prevalence rate of tobacco consumption (33.5%) – more than twice the national prevalence rate of tobacco consumption (14.9%) and more than two and a half times the non-Māori prevalence rate of tobacco consumption (13.2%). Māori prevalence rates of all forms of gambling were higher than the national prevalence rates of all forms of gambling.

Tobacco taxes account for 71% of total tobacco expenditure, alcohol taxes account for 36% of total alcohol expenditure and gambling taxes account for 41% of total gambling expenditure.

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