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… to the Smokefree 2025 goal, which aims to reduce smoking prevalence equitably, to below five percent (and as … endgame strategies aim to achieve large reductions in smoking prevalence by a specified date, ideally within a very … require high-impact measures to catalyse declines in smoking prevalence as well as longer-term measures that …

… devices could be around a third as harmful to health as smoking. The second uses these findings to estimate the net … maximise benefits and minimise harms. Background Tobacco smoking is a major health problem in Aotearoa New Zealand … (DALYs) lost (95%UI: 108,000 to 125,000) [1]. Furthermore, smoking causes health inequities, with poorer health for …

… that denicotinising smoked tobacco products could have on smoking prevalence in Aotearoa New Zealand. A policy … strategy to achieve rapid and equitable reductions in smoking. The APDD includes a proposal to reduce nicotine in … Using an Excel spreadsheet populated with NZ Health Survey smoking/vaping prevalence data, we modelled trends to 2025 in …

… policy’s effectiveness and have “ less effect on reducing smoking rates, most particularly amongst the target groups of … The vast majority of smokers wish they had never started smoking. 1,2 High tobacco prices stimulate quitting among smokers while also discouraging smoking initiation among adolescents and young people. 3-5   …

… from the ASH Year 10 Snapshot survey and explore trends in smoking among young people who vape. We find the proportion … and 2023. These results suggest vaping is not displacing smoking, which was already low among Y10 students, but is … policies that protect young people from both vaping and smoking. Vaping’s role in fostering population wellbeing …

… control 1 . The Plan specifically references eliminating smoking related inequities, strengthening Māori governance … Plan in relation to kaupapa Tupeka Kore and high rates of smoking among Māori. The views offered in this blog are those … as usual tobacco control measures not enough to address smoking disparities. Traditional, business as usual (BAU), …

… every day. We critically review the narrative that smoking is a “choice”, a mantra perpetuated by the tobacco … tragic – and equally avoidable – loss of life caused by smoking ( an estimated 5000 people every year ). Deaths on … and what has made us so blasé about the people killed by smoking? We suggest a well-propagated “choice” narrative …

… case and propose that only retailers skilled in supporting smoking cessation should sell ENDS. In this blog, we probe … in NZ). Image by  haiberliu  from  Pixabay Balancing smoking initiation among youth with cessation among smokers … to outlets selling tobacco is associated with higher youth smoking. 3 These findings suggest that any addictive product, …

… findings from people who smoke or have recently quit smoking and who participated in the ITC New Zealand project … from 2016-2021. The blog documents attitudes towards smoking and quitting, support for, and perceived impacts of, … increasing expenditure on media campaigns to promote smoking cessation and discourage uptake of smoking among …