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  • Lessons from Canada for NZ: Carbon, Cycling, Tobacco, Nutrition and Cannabis

    … to climate change; (ii) supporting cycling; (iii) tobacco control; (iv) controls on food marketing directed at … for all ages and abilities. 3) More advanced tobacco control In general, both Canada and NZ are relatively progressive in tobacco control relative to other high-income countries. But …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … in Aotearoa is on! Ngati Kahungunu: A leader in smokefree/tobacco free events   It’s easy to get dispirited in the world of tobacco control in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Five years on, the … stalled. There is no articulated commitment to further tobacco tax increases (the single most effective measure) …
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  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    … sway opinion by exposing industry practices, such as how tobacco companies deceived and then blamed people who smoke … US, where the Truth campaign exposed the harm caused by tobacco companies, 4 created a social movement of young people who reject tobacco, 5 and greatly reduced smoking uptake among youth …
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  • The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act

    … of difference VIANZ stated “New Zealand has over 8000 tobacco retailers nationwide, this means if we are to … vaping [sic] needs to be available in every location that tobacco is sold”. VIANZ argued access to vaping products was … important “where the health and financial burden from tobacco is higher (e.g., in Māori and Pacific peoples)” and …
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  • Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?

    … – as we report in a just published review in the journal “Tobacco Control”. In this blog we briefly consider some of … [2] we focused particularly on its potential for studying tobacco control-related issues. In general, it seems that GSV … or those objects distant from roads. GSV for studying tobacco control We found two areas where GSV was useful for …
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  • Media release: The economic argument for our world-leading smokefree legislation – new research

    … in an international journal. The study published in BMJ Tobacco Control looks at all the major potential long-term … getting sick and dying prematurely plus the money saved on tobacco expenditure from lower levels of addiction. The … are savings in the health system from reduced treatment of tobacco-related disease, and increased income tax revenue. …
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  • Does change in income and deprivation change your smoking risk? Yes, but in different directions.

    … The answer to these questions matter, both for tobacco control policy and political debate.  Moreover, not … and income. Research we have just published in the journal Tobacco Control, answers these questions using data on the … of smoking.  We also know that increasing the price of tobacco through tax decreases smoking.  So it is not …
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  • The hardening hypothesis for smoking – but does the evidence point to “softening” in NZ?

    … research? A recent paper (Edwards et al in the journal Tobacco Control (14)) drawing on evidence from the Health … measures like mass media campaigns and reducing supply of tobacco products are inadequately implemented (16-18). A … quit. Measures used in NZ such as regular above inflation tobacco tax increases, expansion of smokefree areas, …
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  • What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States?

    … domains of support for nutrition and physical activity, tobacco and alcohol control, and pollution control. The US … benefit bicycle commuting in the city of Minneapolis [10]. Tobacco control In general, NZ seems well ahead of much of the US in terms of tobacco control (e.g., NZ has a range of stronger …
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  • The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?

    … Covid-19 infection. 2-5 Decreased household expenditure on tobacco will help those groups (i.e., low-income) most … an ‘aspirational’ goal to reduce smoking prevalence and tobacco availability to minimal levels (minimal smoking … on the supply side, such as a register of approved tobacco retailers.’ New Zealand First say that they ‘ would …
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