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… of Year 10 students choosing to vape daily despite never smoking increasing from 3.1% in 2021 to 4.3% in 2022” [our … vaping among young people who smoke (or who have tried smoking) is less concerning, given vaping is widely held to pose fewer risks than smoking . However, physical harm is only one domain of …

… point-of-sale display bans have helped reduce youth smoking and are associated with reduced adult smoking prevalence. 9-13 Logically, parallel measures that … research shows comprehensive marketing restrictions reduce smoking uptake and, to a lesser extent, contribute to …

… goal of a Smokefree Nation by 2025, often interpreted as a smoking prevalence of less than 5% by 2025.    This should be … of non-Māori smokers need to quit each year to achieve 5% smoking prevalence by 2025 for non-Māori.  And 20% for … in recent decades must have been to ‘produce’ the observed smoking prevalence rates in Census and Health Survey data. …

… growing since 1950. One of the likely reasons is the lower smoking rate of NZ politicians compared to the rest of the … span gap suggested by Clarke et al is the likely lower smoking rates by politicians. Another factor mentioned was … education may also play some role. We suspect that the smoking factor is particularly relevant in the NZ setting as …

… a therapeutic purpose (i.e., as a pharmaceutical grade smoking cessation product as per Medsafe requirements (3)). … benefit of reduced harm to people who use ANDS to quit smoking or who fully switch from tobacco products to less … include: (i) being attractive to youth and curious non-smoking adults, and so potentially being a gateway to (or …

… is not consistent with the Government’s goal of “reducing smoking prevalence and tobacco availability to minimal … effects, and inconsistent with measures discouraging smoking. Making tobacco less easily available would support smokefree messages and help reduce smoking experimentation by young people. Third, fewer tobacco …

… in adults aged 55 to 80 years who have a 30 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the … in the context of competing interventions, particularly smoking cessation.” Gaps in the puzzle There are certainly … Cost per quality adjusted life year [1] (QALY) gained With smoking cessation programme Black et al 2014(6) USA 55-74 …

… four objectives for the Act, namely to: Discourage smoking uptake and use of tobacco products, Encourage smoking cessation, Support quitters by reducing lapsing, and … on which to draw. Emerging evidence from Australia shows smoking prevalence post-plain packaging has fallen to the …

… consumption per adult (for the period 2010 to 2014) (1). Smoking prevalence has also continued to decline for all … population groups ( as per census data for 2013 ). Youth smoking in particular has continued to decline steeply ( see … product displays, mass media campaigns, and enhanced smoking cessation service provision. The falls in consumption …