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  • A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco

    … Government introduces innovative new policies that reduce smoking prevalence (1). Existing measures have tackled … form of tobacco marketing and excise tax increases making smoking less affordable. However, tobacco products themselves … RYO tobacco helps perpetuate serious disparities in smoking prevalence that undermine achievement of New …
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  • “Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?

    … and sustain the achievement of the goal of close to zero smoking prevalence by 2025. The blog comes down on the side … that the government would adopt a goal of reducing smoking prevalence to close to nil as possible would have … be simple, definitive and highly effective at reducing smoking prevalence. Dramatically decreasing the supply of …
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  • Smokefree outdoor areas: A missing part of Government’s new Smokefree 2025 proposals

    … The Government’s plan needs a fifth specific focus area – smoking denormalisation and smokefree areas. Legally required … able to have a drink outside a bar without reminders about smoking. The outside areas of bars and cafés remain one of … for someone quitting. There is NZ evidence that seeing smoking around you at the neighbourhood level increases the …
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  • Disposable vapes: An emerging environmental health threat

    … Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). Daily vaping in NZ now exceeds smoking—11% of adults reported daily use — and disposable … the health gains people achieve when using vapes to stop smoking. This Briefing reviews the composition and … Prevalence translates directly into waste  While cigarette smoking in NZ has declined year-on-year until recently, …
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  • News: Fears NZ on track to fall well short of Smokefree 2025 goal

    … told RNZ that the 2025 Smokefree goal is in jeopardy if smoking rates continue to flatline as revealed by the NZ … the 21 November Briefing by members of ASPIRE Aotearoa - Smoking prevalence and trends: Important findings from the … Health Survey . He also spoke to Newstalk ZB on the smoking prevalence data and the latest on the vaping stats as …
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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … and maximise their potential to “act as a route out of smoking for New Zealand’s 550,000 daily smokers , without providing a route into smoking for children and non-smokers.” The optimal outcome … rather than products to help people switch from smoking and then stop all nicotine use. BAT is the largest …
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  • Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ

    … new on-pack warnings) that stressed the serious risks of smoking and benefits of quitting. The Smokefree 2025 goal … run by the Health Promotion Agency (HPA) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) .  These studies must continue to … include questions that allow young people’s perceptions of smoking to be compared before and after the policy …
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  • Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed

    … a reduced harm alternative to adults unable to quit smoking using approved cessation treatments, vaping has … concentrated among young people  and often unconnected to smoking status. The Government hopes to achieve a new … focuses on vaping’s role as a reduced harm alternative to smoking; however, it is not clear the three measures proposed …
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  • High regret among people who smoke reinforces strong support for smokefree legislation

    … for policies among people who have smoked or recently quit smoking. Findings released in late 2023 showed people who … opposition were more evenly poised among people currently smoking, a majority supported the SFG (59% cf. 33% that … regretted having started to smoke; 84% would like to stop smoking, and 81% had made a quit attempt (41% had tried …
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  • Stubbing out democracy: no Government mandate for smokefree repeal

    … to deliver rapid, profound and equitable reductions in smoking prevalence . Repeal is a deliberate action that the government is fully aware will very likely see smoking prevalence decline more slowly and prolong the huge … of inequitable and avoidable deaths and suffering that smoking causes. So, the stakes are high. Very high. The …
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