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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … Figure 3: Current (at least monthly) and daily smoking and e-cigarette use among 15-17 year olds, 2011/12 to 2020/21 … Author details Professor Richard Edwards , Professor Janet Hoek , Associate Professor Andrew Waa , Dr Jude Ball – all …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    … include: (i) a strong evidence-base for effectiveness (e.g., as reviewed by the agency IARC); (ii) being a typically … the legal or illegal availability of alternatives (such as e-cigarettes); (iii) and how the price elasticity of tobacco … review ). Explore new regulatory options around the e-cigarette market. For example, there could be a single new …
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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … ‘over-shifting’ or ‘under-shifting’ the tax increases, (i.e., increasing prices beyond the tax increase, or not … requires tobacco companies to supply data on the number of cigarette sticks released each year and the retail price of … tobacco-free generation. * Authors: Philip Gendall, Janet Hoek, Richard Edwards and Nick Wilson are members of the …
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  • Why the New Zealand Government should reconsider abandoning denicotinised cigarettes

    … cigarettes leads to significant reductions in cigarette smoking and dependence, and increased quit attempts … as visionary as measures become established best practice (e.g., Ireland with smokefree environments; Australia with … 2 The nicotine in tobacco can be greatly reduced (e.g. by chemical extraction or gene editing) to produce very …
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  • Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the Smokefree Aotearoa proposals

    … people who, having quit smoking, occasionally smoke a cigarette. 1-3 It aligns with the 2010 Māori Affairs Select … are now highly addictive, palatable and appealing (e.g., with high nicotine content and added sugar and … measure.   * Author details: Richard Edwards, Janet Hoek and Nick Wilson are members of ASPIRE2025 and the …
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  • Smoking and vaping among 14 to 15 year olds: Government action urgently needed

    …  and the proportion who both vape and smoke daily (i.e. dual users) based on ASH Year 10 data from 2019 , 2021 , … represent young people who may only have had a puff on a cigarette once in the past through to those who smoke … products remain widely available. Authors Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre and …
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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … of nicotine very rapidly, comparable to the ‘hit’ from cigarette smoking. 1 2 Now an increasing proportion of young … disruption to learning caused by withdrawal symptoms (e.g. difficulty concentrating) and/or having to leave class … Authors  Dr Jude Ball , Dr Grant Christie ,  Prof Janet Hoek ,  Prof Richard Edwards ,  Assoc Prof Andrew Waa …
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  • What will the Government’s free vape starter kit programme achieve?

    … . Minister Costello has endorsed this goal, saying  “[W]e are committed to achieving the less than 5% smoke-free … Public Health, University of Otago Wellington  Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and … (N = 56), and current regular (N = 196) baseline e-cigarette users, respectively. We have used a conservative …
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  • Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health

    … that the industry’s predictions of dire consequences (e.g. on boosting illicit trade, reducing the price of … of children and young people more. Another major theme was e-cigarettes. Once again there was lively debate about their … term to use than e-cigarettes and ENDs; The independent e-cigarette companies and the tobacco industry may have …
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  • Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy

    … 2018) – in other words, it deprives people of free choice (Hoek et al, 2016) Overwhelmingly, smokers start in … that there is a ‘safe age’ for smoking, and Establish the cigarette as ‘a badge of coming of age, a symbol of the onset … addictive. Other products found to be harmful to health (e.g. asbestos, leaded petrol) have been phased out using …
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