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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … and vaping from Snapshot Y10 surveys conducted by ASH NZ. # Number of students in Y10 nationally from Ministry of … dependent on nicotine via vaping. Author details Prof Janet Hoek , Prof Richard Edwards , Ms Anna Graham-DeMello, … Centre. Andrew Waa and Lani Teddy– Eru Pomare Centre; and Janet Hoek, Richard Edwards, Anna Graham-DeMello - Department …
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  • Long COVID Staff Clinic: Caring for carers in Taranaki

    … best practice in managing Long COVID. Author details Dr Shereen Zaidi was a TWO-Taranaki house officer on a public … a Senior cardiorespiratory physiotherapist at TWO-Taranaki Dr Jonathan Jarman is a public health medicine specialist and … patients attending  Long COVID clinic TWO-Taranaki; Dr John Kerr and Prof Nick Wilson. APPENDIX ONE – Summary of …
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  • Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health

    … the treaty to support such progress. The current (2014) NZ FCTC implementation report is available on the FCTC … the ASH Year 10 survey confirms that this is a concern in NZ also (results will be released shortly). There was broad …
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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … children and adolescents cut down or quit vaping. Authors  Dr Jude Ball , Dr Grant Christie ,  Prof Janet Hoek ,  Prof Richard Edwards ,  Assoc Prof Andrew Waa …
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  • Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively?

    … use. How can full transition to vaping be supported in NZ? Our findings have some important implications for how …
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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: important findings from the 2023-24 New Zealand Health Survey

    … equitably and as quickly as possible. Author details Dr Janine Nip , Prof Richard Edwards , Prof Janet Hoek , Prof Andrew Waa All authors are members of …
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  • Alcohol and suicide: The facts

    … you or someone else is at risk, call 111. Authors details Dr Rose Crossin , Department of Population Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago, Christchurch Dr Jude Ball , Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey

    … in older age groups. Author details Prof Richard Edwards , Dr Janine Nip, Prof Janet Hoek ,  Assoc Prof Andrew Waa All authors are members … Vaping prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey …
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  • Smoking denormalization and tobacco endgames

    … smoke do so understanding the risks they face.[29, 30] One NZ legal judgment has upheld this reasoning. Justice Lang, … to resist wider public health measures. For example, BAT NZ’s submission on the Smokefree Action Plan proposals … of tobacco products.  Second, ensure (as Aotearoa NZ’s Action Plan does) that communities most harmed by …
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  • Contradictions surround Government’s move to slash tax on heated tobacco products

    … signalled in the  Budget Speech 2024 , in Health Minister Dr Shane Reti’s  media statement or in the  fact sheet linked … health goals, can be dispelled.   Authors details  Prof Janet Hoek ,   Anna Graham-DeMello , Melissa-Jade Gregan, …
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