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  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … declined in absolute terms in tandem with declines in smoking prevalence and consumption. Arguments about growth in … should be reversed to enable a rapid and equitable fall in smoking and, with it, the demand for illicit tobacco 'Zombie … the absolute size of the illicit market declined as smoking prevalence and consumption decreased. 7 A …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 goal is in danger of receding – will the Ministry of Health’s ‘realignment’ get it back on track?

    … 2025 goal? The realignment will see all face-to-face stop smoking services, and local and national health promotion and … population level. Achieving substantial reductions in smoking prevalence requires a multifaceted, comprehensive … approach that creates an environment discouraging smoking initiation while encouraging and supporting existing …
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  • Smokefree Laws: Reducing tobacco outlets will decrease crime

    … that reducing tobacco availability would help decrease smoking uptake among young people, 1 support cessation among people who smoke, and accelerate declines in smoking prevalence, 2 thus helping achieve the Smokefree 2025 … vapes. 2  Our studies of people who smoke show many regret smoking, have tried to quit and want to be smokefree, and …
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  • Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?

    … children show that the proportion of children exposed to smoking in cars decreased slightly from 2006 to 2014. … Year 10 students are estimated to have been exposed to smoking in cars at least once in the last week.[5] More … saying that ‘present initiatives are sufficient to deter smoking in cars carrying children’ – a statement that appears …
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  • After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?

    … the passing of the Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carrying Children) Amendment Act … said that ‘present initiatives [were] sufficient to deter smoking in cars carrying children under the age of 18 Years’. …
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  • Media release: Why the Smokefree legislation must stay - Laying out the evidence:

    … runs directly contrary to evidence and will ensure smoking continues to cost thousands of lives and millions of … legislation and predicts it will drastically reduce smoking rates and bring major health gains, particularly for … from nicotine addiction and the numerous harms caused by smoking. And the evidence shows that is exactly what most …
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  • New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain

    … accepted they could offer a less harmful alternative to smoking 1 but did not anticipate the vaping prevalence now … favoured by adults who use vaping as an alternative to smoking. Ending sales of the single use disposable vapes … allows sale by non-experts. Yet, people wishing to stop smoking would benefit more from tailored advice delivered by …
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  • Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality

    … in 2011, took the latter approach and aimed to reduce smoking prevalence among all population groups and reduce … that regulating these attributes 6, 7 will likely reduce smoking uptake by youth and encourage people who smoke to … General’s report presented unequivocal evidence that smoking is extremely harmful to health, highly …
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  • Calculating cardiovascular risk with online calculators – scope for improvement?

    … recommended” & general lifestyle changes mentioned (around smoking, diet and physical activity). Man 70y, European 20% … action for a clinician to support: medication, stopping smoking, or reducing salt intake? Or which packages of … interventions are the most cost-effective such as stopping smoking and exercising together (e.g., there is some …
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  • The case for tobacco supply restrictions

    … overlook the fact that most smokers regret starting smoking and half of those addicted to smoking will die prematurely from an illness caused directly by smoking.  Put plainly, Bull’s statement amounts to a claim …
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