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  • Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?

    … e-cigarettes, the Government should restrict access to tobacco, which remains available at thousands of retail … obtain nicotine) is likely to be less harmful than smoking tobacco when smokers make a full transition from smoking to … e-cigarettes are as easy to access as combustible tobacco, thus enabling smokers to purchase an e-cigarette …
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  • How should we manage the harm caused by tobacco product waste?

    … significant clean-up costs on local authorities. Although tobacco companies have framed smokers as responsible for butt litter, recent debate has focused on the tobacco industry’s role in creating tobacco product waste (TPW) and its responsibility for …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project

    … Plan Discussion Document , and data on use of illicit tobacco products. Introduction and methods The NZ Government … plan include: greatly reducing the availability of smoked tobacco products by permitting these products to be sold only … pharmacies; substantially decreasing the addictiveness of tobacco products by reducing the nicotine in these products …
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  • The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: response to online critique

    … the conclusion that mandated denicotinisation of smoked tobacco products would likely profoundly reduce smoking … It included a proposal to reduce nicotine in all smoked tobacco products to minimal (non-addictive) levels. A … three key proposed policies (denicotinisation of smoked tobacco products, 90% to 95% reduction in tobacco retail …
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  • Smart party pill law makes tobacco & alcohol regulation look pathetic

    … All but one MP voted for the new law. The irony is that tobacco – and for that matter alcohol – with orders of … can be achieved on party pills, proportionate action on tobacco should see it sorted out by lunch time. Party pills – … sales now subject of stringent regulation – in contrast to tobacco and alcohol The Psychoactive Substances Act, which …
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  • The case for tobacco supply restrictions

    … to reduce the number and density of retail outlets selling tobacco.  Retail supply restrictions are both a logical component of policies that will achieve a tobacco-free New Zealand by 2025, and what the majority of … it’s perhaps not altogether surprising that, although tobacco products are unique because of the indisputable harm …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 goal is in danger of receding – will the Ministry of Health’s ‘realignment’ get it back on track?

    … The Ministry of Health proposes realigning tobacco control services to progress New Zealand’s Smokefree … not be met without a massive shake-up of funding for anti-tobacco groups, the Ministry of Health now concedes” (21 … This statement implies that reconfiguration of the NZ tobacco control sector is the key to achieving Smokefree …
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  • New study on going smokefree – major economic gains for NZ society with manageable costs for government

    … payments (due to longer lifespans) and reduced tobacco excise tax revenue (due to people quitting smoking) … that are far more appropriate than perversely relying on tobacco tax. Given both the major health and economic gains … is planning to repeal the 2022 smokefree law that covers tobacco retail reduction, denicotinisation of smoked tobacco …
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  • Modelling tobacco tax – implications of BODE3 paper just out, and personal reflections on the research journey

    … system cost impacts of ongoing annual 10% increases in tobacco tax. In this blog I outline the key findings of this … is one of a handful of countries with a goal of being tobacco-free. Policy-makers need the best information … we can model – that ongoing 10% per annum increases in tobacco tax will not be able to get NZ to less than 5% …
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  • Oral nicotine products: Expanding the nicotine marketplace

    … Summary Faced with declining use of their smoked tobacco products, tobacco companies have diversified their nicotine products to include e-cigarettes (ECs) heated tobacco products (e.g., IQOS) and, more recently, oral …
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