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  • What will the Government’s free vape starter kit programme achieve?

    … goal, many stop smoking providers are now offering free vape starter kits. In this Briefing, we investigate the likely impact free vape starter kits will have on the number of people who stop … smoking services throughout Aotearoa would provide free vape starter kits to adults who smoke. Several media reports …
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  • Disposable vapes: An emerging environmental health threat

    … use — and disposable devices dominate sales. Each spent vape contains a sealed lithium-ion battery, toxic metals, … research in NZ, albeit limited, confirm rising levels of vape litter, with most devices found broken, unrecyclable, … systems are pivotal. Without similar measures in NZ, vape waste will erode environmental kaitiakitanga and could …
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  • The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act

    … letter , we pointed out the rising number of specialist vape stores (SVRs), many of which are … to industry actors and policy makers. The problem of vape store numbers Rising vaping prevalence among young … vast majority of which are physical retail outlets. Many vape stores operate near schools and communities’ concern at …
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  • Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed

    … additional measures: proximity restrictions for specialist vape retailers, disallowing evocative flavour names, and … proposals will help protect young people from aggressive vape marketing, but do they go far enough? In this blog, we …  To address this question, we first explore the strategies vape marketers have used to target young people, before …
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  • Smoking and vaping among 14 to 15 year olds: Government action urgently needed

    … and explore trends in smoking among young people who vape. We find the proportion of young people that vape daily and that have never smoked doubled between 2019 … ASH Year 10 survey reported that 10% of 14-15 year olds vape daily (22% among Māori) and the latest NZ Health survey …
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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … supplying vaping products to underage youth face, limiting vape store outlets to 600, eliminating loopholes within … New Zealand, with the rate of Year 10 students choosing to vape daily despite never smoking increasing from 3.1% in 2021 … This description, which assumes young people choose to vape, helps explain why government action has been …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … Bill addresses some concerns over aggressive marketing of vape products and increasing vaping uptake by young people … enforcement and ensure indoor areas are both smoke- and vape-free (with important exemptions for specialist vape stores, whose customers will need to trial vaping …
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  • Media release: Major vaping reforms: Will they deliver on public health aims?

    … From tomorrow, there are new restrictions on how vape products can be marketed and displayed, and the sale of … such as dairies will no longer be able to display vape products in-store, and online retailers must remove … that helped reduce smoking among young people.  “Putting vape products out of sight is an important move. It is likely …
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  • Tighter controls on vape marketing due, but gaps remain

    … require attention. We call for further work to reduce vape store numbers and density, and introduce more … will be required to identify emerging loopholes. Online vape product advertising will change as internet sites may no longer display product images. Nor will specialist vape retailers (or their websites) be able to give away free …
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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … majority of daily vapers (89%) report that they usually vape with nicotine. ASH has not yet released data on regular … to state that 79.9% of young people who smoke daily also vape daily. However, comparing these percentages without … represent only a small number of the young people who vape daily. Conversely, even though the proportion of never …
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