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… modelling work has explored business-as-usual trends in smoking prevalence, and the potential roles of interventions … indicate that tobacco control is succeeding in reducing smoking prevalence in NZ. There is also widespread support by … among smokers) (6). But the current downward trend in smoking prevalence is very unlikely to get us to the NZ …

… While age restriction policies have helped reduce youth smoking, they have not eliminated inequities or provided … Māori students reported regular (i.e., at least monthly) smoking, compared with only 2.7% of their NZ European peers. 3 Furthermore, evidence that smoking prevalence rises rapidly among 18-24 year olds …

… - runs directly contrary to evidence and will ensure smoking continues to cost thousands of lives and millions of … leadership by retaining legislation that will end the smoking epidemic. The new coalition government has set out … year, 5000 New Zealanders die from diseases caused by smoking.  Modelling suggests that the new legislation would …

… evidence-based policy, and benefit from the declines in smoking prevalence to which plain packaging has contributed. … imagery appeals to young people and positions smoking as an accepted, even aspirational, behaviour (1-3). … that plain packaging has sharply reduced the appeal of smoking among both adults and adolescents (4-7). Furthermore, …

… access to nicotine via vaping as a replacement for tobacco smoking, will improve the health of the NZ population. The … of vaping (eg, the lower risk of vaping compared with smoking tobacco and increased population-level smoking cessation rates), as well as the risks (eg, some …

… tobacco smoke. All Australian States and the ACT prohibit smoking in cars with children present – why isn’t NZ, when … non-legislative measures to address the serious problem of smoking in cars carrying children. 3 The most recent … number of children whose health is directly jeopardised by smoking in cars is magnitudes higher. The annual ASH year 10 …

… legislation designed to catalyse reductions in smoking prevalence and realise the Smokefree 2025 goal: smoking prevalence of no more than five percent among all … identify? Evidence from the NZ Health Survey showed daily smoking prevalence among Māori in 2023 (i.e., the most recent …

… tobacco retailers is associated with higher odds of youth smoking [1, 2], increased smoking among established smokers [3], and lower odds of … deprived communities, where those most at risk for smoking-related harm reside [11, 15]. Consideration would …

… nationwide, this means if we are to successfully stamp out smoking, vaping [sic] needs to be available in every location … peoples)” and that “for vaping to remain an effective smoking cessation tool it needs to be as accessible as … match tobacco outlet numbers and “successfully stamp out smoking”. Nor do they establish that constraints on vaping …