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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 … were a key factor adolesents consider when trialling an e-cigarette. 20 21 In 2016, the US Surgeon General’s report … well overdue. [1] Under review. * Author details: Janet Hoek, Nick Wilson, Richard Edwards and Andrew Waa are members …
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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 … you inject the fact that tobacco companies are buying e-cigarette companies and marketing them as sexy… flashback …
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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 …
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  • The case for banning cigarette filters

    … introduced to create a barrier between the tobacco in a cigarette stick and a smoker’s mouth (though cigarette … a statute banning the sale of single use filters (and e-cigarettes ). The ( European Union EU) Directive 2019/904 , … to protecting our environment. * Author Details: Hoek is a Professor of Public Health (and was formerly 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 … Such possible actions include: Piloting subsidised e-cigarette interventions for low-income smokers. For example, …
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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 … promotion of a smartphone app for smoking cessation (the e-cigarette liberalisation is 10 times better for health gain) …
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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … BAT means new nicotine users rather than “switchers” (i.e., those people who have changed from combusted tobacco … reported that most (58%) of the increase in people using e-cigarette (vapour) products was made up of new entrants (see … so clearly expose. Authors:  Lindsay Robertson 1,2 , Janet Hoek 3 , Anna Gilmore 1 , Richard Edwards 3 , Anaru Waa 3 1 …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … approved in principle the sale of oral tobacco products (e.g. snus) and oral nicotine products (e.g. pouches) in … and gum) and provide nicotine in a less harmful form than cigarette smoking.  Cabinet has in principle approved … Public Health, University of Otago Wellington  Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and …
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  • Patterns of declining smoking in NZ – But more action needed by the New Government

    … from other sources such as the Census [1] and declining cigarette sales data. We plan to do more detailed analyses of … are generally statistically significant, not all are, e.g. not for: Pacific peoples, Asians, and some older … include the following: Ongoing tobacco tax increases (e.g. see this NZ modelling work [2-4]). The stronger pattern …
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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … twice as effective at supporting smokers to quit as NRT (e.g. nicotine patches) combined with behavioural support. 2 … prevalence The ASH Y10 survey reported overall daily e-cigarette use of 1.8% and daily or weekly of 4%. Reports of …
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