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  • Retailing of vaping products – New NZ Research

    … the sale of ENDS, HTPs, or associated vaping items such as e-liquids, to specialist vape stores. 2   This approach … “throat-hit”. 4,5  Others found it difficult to know which e-liquid nicotine concentration would satisfy their nicotine … of ENDS users who reported making their last purchase of e-liquid, e-cigarette cartridges or disposable e-cigarettes …
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  • A Statue of Merit: Dr Margaret Cruickshank and the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … removed following the uproar over the General Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville. The controversy has also … this case the pandemic ) and a biography of the person (e.g., as per this website [5]). Statues provide relatively … the statue could cause additional suffering to many people e.g., can you imagine a statue of Hitler in any public place? …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … increased hazard was also found for low intakes of salt (i.e., a “J-shaped” or “U-shaped” relationship). This blog post … which suggests that this is unlikely to be problematic (i.e., BP results can be seen as functioning as a sort of … both too little and too much being problematic for health (e.g., selenium, vitamin A, and total intake of dietary …
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  • Oral nicotine products: Expanding the nicotine marketplace

    … have diversified their nicotine products to include e-cigarettes (ECs) heated tobacco products (e.g., IQOS) and, more recently, oral nicotine products … attractive packages, feature youth-oriented brand names (e.g., ZYN, which has breed cult neologisms, such as …
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  • FoodSwitch. Smartphone consumers beat industry to better labeling

    … option to ‘switch’ to for the same type of product (e.g. similar cereals, only healthier). You can also add your … products to the App if they are not already included (i.e. crowdsourcing). Very cool!  So cool, that since they … changing labels in the real world, no robust evidence (i.e. a real-world studies) for whether either system (let alone …
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  • How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?

    … decipher causal pathways from data we observe only once, i.e. history as it unfolded”. However, these questions are so … Better measurement of individuals’ socioeconomic factors (e.g. with lifelong cohort studies) would almost certainly see … to health that do not go through socioeconomic position (e.g. direct discrimination, tobacco consumption related to …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … ( 10.3 - 11.9 ) Age group (years)             15-17 8.3 e ( 3.8 - 15.5 ) 15.4 ( 10.3 - 21.9 ) 10.5 ( 7.1 - 14.9 ) … ( 1.0 - 2.7 ) 2.5 ( 1.4 - 4.1 ) 2.4 ( 1.6 - 3.5 ) 75+ 0.8 e ( 0.2 - 2.4 ) 0.7 e ( 0.2 - 1.8 ) 0.4 e ( 0.2 - 0.8 ) Ethnic group (total)     …
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  • A major new study on Kiwi health – can it inform decision-making?

    … New Zealand. The study highlights changes in New Zealand, e.g. diet is emerging as the major modifiable risk factor … whilst cancers and neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. dementia) are rising in their relative contribution.  … tobacco.  And overweight and obesity has probably now (i.e. 2013) overtaken tobacco in its contribuiton to disease …
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  • Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal

    … governments have also adopted similar smokefree goals e.g. Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden and Finland. In … of these cost-savings can occur within the first year (e.g., from preventing: premature births, acute respiratory … attacks and strokes). Post-2025 intervention Strategy E: Achieve minimal availability of smoked tobacco products …
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  • Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations

    … art and fashion imagery to connect with young people (e.g., the campaign run for Vype (now Vuse), illustrated … Act restricts flavours available from “generic” retailers (e.g., dairies, supermarkets and service stations). The fruit … menthol and mint flavours. Specialist vape retailers (e.g., R18 vape stores) will continue to be able to sell a …
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