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  • What does recent biomarker literature say about the likely harm from e-cigarettes?

    … considers recent studies in which the biomarker levels in e-cigarette users (vapers) are compared to those from tobacco … and there is no evidence yet about long-term effects of e-cigarette use on health outcomes, a lot more future … Estimating the potential harm to health from using e-cigarettes is very complex given the ongoing changes and …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 will restrict the e-liquid flavours available at generic retail outlets, such … systems (ENDS) use among young people, many of whom find e-liquid flavours very appealing. At the same time, some … to conceal design that attracted many young people. 5 6 E-liquid flavours have expanded rapidly into new taste …
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  • New Zealand E-cigarette trial in Lancet – keeping it in perspective

    … A New Zealand randomized trial of e-cigarettes just published in the prestigious Lancet journal has been touted in the media as showing how good e-cigarettes are for people wanting to quit smoking.  This is … at 6 months.   21 out of 289 people randomised to e-cigarettes were abstinent at six months, or 7.3%.  This …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … to reduce the continued marked disparities in smoking. E-cigarette use and vaping has increased over the last three … is not yet clear. There is no evidence that increased e-cigarette use among 15-17 year olds is slowing the decline … ). We report prevalences for smoking, e-cigarette (EC) use and related measures among a …
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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … harm they face (eg, via appropriately regulated access to e-cigarettes) remains important. However, we need to do more … example, much of the current discourse in the debate about e-cigarettes and smokefree strategies in NZ focuses on … quit or exploring how they might be supported to switch to e-cigarettes (to assist quitting or to reduce harm while …
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  • Where do the parties stand? A low carbon, healthy transport system

    … are excluded from the benefits that transport brings (e.g. access to employment, to healthcare and to whānau … was: “will your party introduce subsidies for purchasing e-bikes for low-income adults and retain … half price fares … most equitable ‘mode-shift’ policies. 13-16 We asked about e-bikes because increasingly they are being used as a car …
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  • Vaping very likely to be improving health in NZ – but how does this compare with other options?

    … supports cautious liberalisation of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes – as NZ is doing. In this blog we discuss this … the likely net health impact of liberalising access to e-cigarettes in NZ (relative to a situation where e-cigarettes containing nicotine were not legally available). …
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  • Calculating cardiovascular risk with online calculators – scope for improvement?

    … These include such strategies as enhanced tobacco control (e.g., higher tobacco taxes (1)) and regulations to improve the quality of the food supply (e.g., to limit salt (2)). But individual measures are also … cholesterol levels (via statins), and to prevent clotting (e.g., via low-dose aspirin). A large number of online CVD …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … on options that would allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold legally in NZ. This consultation … raises questions about how the wider uptake of e-cigarette use (known as “vaping”) will be managed. In this … whether and how to allow access to nicotine-containing e-cigarettes in NZ. These products could potentially increase …
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  • Tax reform pros & cons: A brief look from a Public Health perspective

    … the extent to which the system should be redistributive (i.e., with the wealthiest people who can afford it paying … and have been used to help justify some tax policy in NZ e.g., for excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and gambling. … result in the same level of government tax revenue overall e.g., with reductions in income tax and/or GST being offset …
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