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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … of smoked tobacco products, and accelerate the decline in smoking prevalence equitably; Extensive supporting evidence, … and are more likely to make quit attempts and stop smoking; Concerns that denicotinisation would result in compensatory smoking and increased exposure to toxins have proven …
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  • Tobacco product innovation in a smokefree world. Oxymoron or commercial cynicism?

    … have presented a vision of a smokefree world, where smoking prevalence has fallen to minimal levels.  This goal … products, such as flavour capsule cigarettes, that enhance smoking’s appeal.  This product innovation strategy confirms … quickly as possible. 1 The FSFW website states “Let’s End Smoking in this Generation” a call to action made explicit by …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … (also known as electronic cigarettes) may help to reduce smoking prevalence by offering people who smoke a less physically harmful alternative to smoking. However, vaping products are not harmless and can be … (NZHS). An accompanying Briefing provides information on smoking prevalence . 1 Key findings Population trends   Adult …
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  • Patterns of declining smoking in NZ – But more action needed by the New Government

    … from the NZ Health Survey indicate ongoing declines in smoking for Māori and for European New Zealanders. In this … the NZ Health Survey indicate recent ongoing declines in smoking, with a graph below of the trends since 2012 … suggests that a relatively important part of the reduced smoking prevalence is due to reduced uptake (as opposed to …
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  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    … it may deter people from unhealthy behaviours, such as smoking, by promoting alternative new behaviours; as these … campaign promotes understanding of the health risk that smoking in cars poses to others and uses this knowledge to … of second hand smoke also questions attitudes that condone smoking in cars (e.g. “I don’t do it often, so it can’t be …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    … the smokefree nation 2025 target We adapted a NZ-specific smoking projection model ( Ikeda et al ) to ensure it reflected the latest Census results on smoking. We then modelled annual increases in tobacco excise … such as on-going Quitline and cessation support), NZ’s smoking prevalence is projected to fall from 15.1% in 2013 to …
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  • Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?

    … gap’ is through modelling studies that anticipate how smoking behaviour may change due to increasing cost of … that ready access to tobacco retailers influences both smoking initiation and limits successful smoking cessation (e.g., for youth smoking , adult smoking , …
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  • Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame

    … strategies that may accelerate the reduction in smoking prevalence (ie, ‘tobacco endgame strategies’). We … Government announced a goal of achieving minimal levels of smoking and tobacco availability by 2025 (1). There has been … even with yearly tobacco tax increases until 2020, daily smoking rates among Māori may still be as high as 17% by 2025 …
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  • Continuing annual tobacco tax increases: New modelling of the likely impact

    … that with these additional four years of tax increases smoking prevalence in 2020 will be 21.4% for Māori and to … most effective tool used by governments to prevent tobacco smoking uptake and reduce smoking rates – while benefiting population health and …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … seem preferable to allow vaping in some settings where smoking is not permitted; such a measure could encourage … relatively more attractive as it is allowed where tobacco smoking is not. Indeed, vapers themselves have voiced the … benefit of “normalisation” of vaping, relative to smoking, when arguing against any bans on public vaping (3). …
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