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  • Smokefree Aotearoa – world-leading developments with profound public health implications

    … Summary Tobacco smoking is a major cause of preventable and inequitable ill … together with a recent acceleration in the decline in smoking, including among Māori, suggest that achieving the … engagement with Māori and Pacific communities and leaders. Smoking is the single biggest risk factor for preventable …
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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … to smokers using a hand-to-mouth process that parallels smoking. Because ENDS mimic smoking behaviour and can deliver nicotine more rapidly than … them as a potential means to achieve rapid reductions in smoking. 1 Despite uncertainty about ENDS’ immediate and …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques

    … who smoke to either quit or to transition fully from smoking to vaping. Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 is a world-leading … social, economic and cultural harms caused by tobacco smoking. A team of researchers from ASPIRE 2025, supported by … rationale for the measures suggested. These aim to reduce smoking prevalence by making smoked tobacco products less …
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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … The survey provides important information on vaping and smoking among an age group where dependence on nicotine may … policies.  While the survey report reveals declining daily smoking, it also shows increasing vaping, particularly among … to smoke-free cars,[1, 2] and provided key information on smoking and related behaviours.[3] The findings from 2021 …
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  • Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively?

    … delivery systems (ENDS), which can closely replicate smoking actions, has fostered hopes that ENDS will facilitate these quit attempts, accelerate smoking cessation, and therefore improve the health of many … [5]. Evidence from the UK, where researchers have tracked smoking and vaping over time, shows the majority of ENDS …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … On November 28 new legislation to protect children from smoking and vaping in cars will come into force. This blog … evaluation and the next steps to protect children from smoking-related harm in Aotearoa. Secondhand smoke (SHS) is a … life-long respiratory conditions such as asthma. 1 2 Smoking in the confined space of a car exposes children …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy

    … to the Smokefree 2025 goal, which aims to reduce smoking prevalence equitably, to below five percent (and as … endgame strategies aim to achieve large reductions in smoking prevalence by a specified date, ideally within a very … require high-impact measures to catalyse declines in smoking prevalence as well as longer-term measures that …
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  • Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies

    … devices could be around a third as harmful to health as smoking. The second uses these findings to estimate the net … maximise benefits and minimise harms. Background Tobacco smoking is a major health problem in Aotearoa New Zealand … (DALYs) lost (95%UI: 108,000 to 125,000) [1]. Furthermore, smoking causes health inequities, with poorer health for …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … that denicotinising smoked tobacco products could have on smoking prevalence in Aotearoa New Zealand. A policy … strategy to achieve rapid and equitable reductions in smoking. The APDD includes a proposal to reduce nicotine in … Using an Excel spreadsheet populated with NZ Health Survey smoking/vaping prevalence data, we modelled trends to 2025 in …
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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … policy’s effectiveness and have “ less effect on reducing smoking rates, most particularly amongst the target groups of … The vast majority of smokers wish they had never started smoking. 1,2 High tobacco prices stimulate quitting among smokers while also discouraging smoking initiation among adolescents and young people. 3-5   …
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