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  • The hardening hypothesis for smoking – but does the evidence point to “softening” in NZ?

    … The hardening hypothesis suggests that as smoking prevalence declines, the remaining smokers will be … hypothesis’ emerged in the 1980s and proposed that as smoking prevalence declines the remaining smokers will … net effect should be a reduced rate of quitting among the smoking population over time. However, studies from a variety …
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  • Why the New Zealand Government should reconsider abandoning denicotinised cigarettes

    … cigarettes leads to significant reductions in cigarette smoking and dependence, and increased quit attempts and quit … do not compensate for the lower levels of nicotine by smoking more and nor do they suffer severe withdrawal … around 5000 New Zealanders continue to die every year from smoking and a persistence of associated health inequities.  …
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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … the price of tobacco thus reducing tobacco consumption and smoking prevalence. However, tobacco companies have … companies from undermining measures designed to encourage smoking cessation and discourage smoking uptake.   There is very strong evidence, including …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there?

    … and supermarkets.   The health burden from tobacco smoking in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is massive – with an … to 125,000) disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). 1 Smoking causes substantial health inequities and results in … strategy to achieve rapid and equitable reductions in smoking. It includes a proposal to greatly reduce the retail …
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  • Balancing fear with hope: A more effective way of promoting smoking cessation?

    … who smoke understand the harms they face, and try to make smoking unattractive to young people, so they never start to … body organs showing the serious harms caused directly by smoking; they aim to educate people about the dangerous effects of smoking, encourage quit attempts among those who smoke, and …
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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … Are smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation well-designed? We were involved in a study … indicates the value of mobile phone text messaging for smoking cessation [6], including for Māori [7]. We also noted … computer-based and other electronic aids can assist with smoking cessation [10]; and that (ii) mobile phone …
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  • The case for banning cigarette filters

    … 2025 Action Plan sets out a perceptive vision for reducing smoking prevalence and ensuring that, once the goal is … similar function before then). Even before evidence about smoking’s harms was clearly documented, cigarette advertising … prevent sore throats” (see Figure below). As the harms of smoking became well-established, 1 2 filters’ role as a …
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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … the rapidly accumulating scientific evidence that smoking causes serious, and often fatal, diseases.[2] The … to cost a billion lives this century, unless current smoking trajectories change dramatically.[6] Most of those whose health and longevity will be harmed by smoking begin using tobacco as young people, attracted by …
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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … which interventions and policies to implement to reduce smoking prevalence often focus on the potential impacts … of tobacco and vaping products, and minimal uptake of smoking among mature (>25 years) adults [1], policies which … implications for future health. Reducing uptake of smoking among young people is also a key component of …
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  • Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?

    … stores and pharmacies, to ensure people wishing to quit smoking can obtain expert advice and thus maximise their … to obtain nicotine) is likely to be less harmful than smoking tobacco when smokers make a full transition from smoking to vaping (1). It also recognises that nicotine …
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