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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … across multiple media platforms, which has continued post-regulation, 3 the number of ENDS retailers and online sites … While some working with young people have welcomed this regulation as an initial step in protecting young people, … strategy to reduce youth uptake, irrespective of flavour regulation. ENDS flavours and their role in fostering …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … to using regular cigarettes. 3 An RCT comparing gradual vs immediate reduction in nicotine levels found that there … results in substantial reductions in Māori vs non-Māori health inequities. 15 Implementation … must be introduced within 21 months of the Bill becoming law (although the timetable for introducing the policy once …
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  • Protecting children in cars from tobacco smoke: The inconsistent case of new mandatory child restraints while optional smoking persists

    … This blog ask why regulators are prepared to introduce regulation that protects children in the event of a car … varies by jurisdiction), with those drivers who breach the law risking spot or court fines. Many US states and Canadian … message about the serious health hazards of SHS. A law protecting children from smoking in cars in NZ needs …
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  • High regret among people who smoke reinforces strong support for smokefree legislation

    … lack of public consultation and mandate for changing this law, Health Coalition Aotearoa commissioned a public opinion … SERPA; more than two thirds (67%) supported retaining the law, 77% supported denicotinisation and around two thirds … is also high among the general public, who want stronger regulation of tobacco. 5 Even people who smoke, who might be …
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  • Should NZ spend relatively more health resources on improving men’s health?

    … an average of 1.4 years less in poor health (8.9 years vs 11.5 years). In other words males spend a slightly higher … their shorter lives in good health, than do females (89% vs 86% of their lives). What causes shorter NZ male life …
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  • Oral nicotine products: Expanding the nicotine marketplace

    … oral nicotine products (ONPs). Aotearoa New Zealand law currently disallows the sale of ONPs, although Associate … Aotearoa New Zealand,  NZ First has committed to reforming regulation of these products , and the  Minister has already … act urgently to control ONP marketing and enforce the law that disallows ONP sales in NZ. We also call for …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … participants at decile 8-10 (least disadvantaged) schools vs 3.0% at decile 1-3 (most disadvantaged) schools and 7.0% … living in NZDep 1-2 areas (least disadvantaged) vs 3.2% in, NZDep 9-10 (most disadvantaged) areas. 5 In … with some variation by age group and prevalence (daily vs regular) measures. By 2021/22, vaping prevalence was …
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  • Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research

    … plan to repeal Aotearoa’s world-leading smokefree law flies in the face of public opinion, with new research … tobacco retail outlet numbers (Fig 1a), and 68% support a law requiring manufacturers to take the nicotine out of …
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  • Perspective: The NZ Health Research Strategy Discussion Document – much scope for improvement

    … (including racism), economic systems (banking, financial regulation, taxation, etc) and globalisation. As such when … and how to improve their public acceptability (eg, regulation, health-promoting taxes and mass media campaigns). … compared to Australia and the UK. In the tobacco area the law banning smoking in bars and restaurants in NZ was …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: Perspectives from young people

    … set of facts” that could be used to show Brookline’s by-law “was not rationally related to the furtherance of a … 18-20 More fundamentally, these arguments suggest regulation reducing smoking initiation removes rather than … have advocated an alternative perspective where regulation promotes freedom by preventing addiction that …
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