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What can Aotearoa NZ learn from Australia’s new vaping policies?
… single stick and 10-pack cigarette sales made smoked tobacco more difficult to afford. However, this measure … to young people was a secondary benefit. Given the tobacco and vaping industry’s ability to circumvent policy … products from the dissuasive packaging used for smoked tobacco, complement measures that limit the flavour …
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The rising influence of big business on policymaking: What it means for public health in NZ
… of this influence, in relation to alcohol, infant formula, tobacco, and transport, and call on Aotearoa’s Government to … concern about process to prompt a legal challenge . Tobacco and nicotine products Tobacco companies have often undermined policy that would …
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Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed
… cigarettes and reduce the number of stores selling tobacco, Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall has … of the visually alluring imagery used to transform tobacco brands into “badge” products that communicated … packaging, which would remain reserved for combusted tobacco products. The second product design measure would …
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New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain
… third-party verification system. Furthermore, smoked tobacco products should be regulated more stringently than … are no restrictions on the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco; alongside stronger regulation of vaping products’ … should introduce robust measures to reduce smoked tobacco products’ availability. Vaping product affordability …
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BODE3 Interactive League Table Series: Prevention versus treatment, voluntary versus mandatory, targeted versus untargeted – can we generalize?
… Interactive League Table. Another blog has considered the tobacco control interventions in the BODE 3 Interactive … salts, colorectal cancer screening and increasing tobacco taxation all dwarf treatments like trastuzumab …
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In the news: Assoc Health Minister considers allowing oral nicotine products
… actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying . In the Briefing, Professor Hoek … recently released documents. They show Minister Costello's tobacco policy recommendations conflict with official advice, aligning instead with the tobacco lobby's talking points. … In the news: Assoc Health …
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After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?
… for smokers from COVID-19 11 12 may help shake loose the tobacco control logjam; and c) the pandemic may increase the … secondhand smoke. More radical moves on controlling the tobacco industry, regulating tobacco products and reducing supply may be possible. 14 15 …
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Do people who smoke make truly informed choices?
… because they allegedly know the dangers of smoking. Tobacco companies have often promoted this argument, 1 … claimed. Instead, when introduced with measures to reduce tobacco’s addictiveness (by mandating lower nicotine levels in tobacco) and availability, the smokefree generation is a …
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Perspective: The NZ Health Research Strategy Discussion Document – much scope for improvement
… that will actually save the country health dollars (in tobacco (8) and dietary salt (9-11)) or achieve net societal … youth is so low compared to Australia and the UK. In the tobacco area the law banning smoking in bars and restaurants … evaluating the point-of-sale display ban and the impact of tobacco tax increases on low-income New Zealanders. The …
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Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?
… vaping relatively more attractive as it is allowed where tobacco smoking is not. Indeed, vapers themselves have voiced … (eg, the price differential via higher taxes on smoked tobacco). Any potential benefit of normalising vaping also … WHO recommends to Parties of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (which includes NZ) that they consider …
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