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What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence 2025? Lots of cessation.
… goal of a Smokefree Nation by 2025, often interpreted as a smoking prevalence of less than 5% by 2025. This should be … of non-Māori smokers need to quit each year to achieve 5% smoking prevalence by 2025 for non-Māori. And 20% for … in recent decades must have been to ‘produce’ the observed smoking prevalence rates in Census and Health Survey data. …
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Media release: International experts say abandoning denicotinised cigarettes will cost lives
… ripple effect to greatly reduce the devastation caused by smoking globally.” says Professor Donny. “At the centre of … around 5000 New Zealanders continue to die every year from smoking and a persistence of associated health inequities.” … the nicotine content of cigarettes results in decreased smoking, exposure to toxicants, satisfaction with smoking, …
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Politicians in Aotearoa NZ live longer than other Kiwis and the gap keeps widening
… growing since 1950. One of the likely reasons is the lower smoking rate of NZ politicians compared to the rest of the … span gap suggested by Clarke et al is the likely lower smoking rates by politicians. Another factor mentioned was … education may also play some role. We suspect that the smoking factor is particularly relevant in the NZ setting as …
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Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ
… a therapeutic purpose (i.e., as a pharmaceutical grade smoking cessation product as per Medsafe requirements (3)). … benefit of reduced harm to people who use ANDS to quit smoking or who fully switch from tobacco products to less … include: (i) being attractive to youth and curious non-smoking adults, and so potentially being a gateway to (or …
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(Un)licensed to kill: do we need to regulate how tobacco is sold?
… is not consistent with the Government’s goal of “reducing smoking prevalence and tobacco availability to minimal … effects, and inconsistent with measures discouraging smoking. Making tobacco less easily available would support smokefree messages and help reduce smoking experimentation by young people. Third, fewer tobacco …
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Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?
… in adults aged 55 to 80 years who have a 30 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the … in the context of competing interventions, particularly smoking cessation.” Gaps in the puzzle There are certainly … Cost per quality adjusted life year [1] (QALY) gained With smoking cessation programme Black et al 2014(6) USA 55-74 …
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Optimising the effects of plain packaging for tobacco – making Quitline information more salient
… four objectives for the Act, namely to: Discourage smoking uptake and use of tobacco products, Encourage smoking cessation, Support quitters by reducing lapsing, and … on which to draw. Emerging evidence from Australia shows smoking prevalence post-plain packaging has fallen to the …
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Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next
… consumption per adult (for the period 2010 to 2014) (1). Smoking prevalence has also continued to decline for all … population groups ( as per census data for 2013 ). Youth smoking in particular has continued to decline steeply ( see … product displays, mass media campaigns, and enhanced smoking cessation service provision. The falls in consumption …
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Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters
… symptoms that make it hard to quit nicotine, especially if smoking or vaping is embedded in social life and daily … in young people, and mitigate risks of vapers turning to smoking. The definition of vaping harm needs to include … very rapidly, comparable to the ‘hit’ from cigarette smoking. 1 2 Now an increasing proportion of young people who …
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The Pros and Cons of a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: The Case is Overwhelmingly Pro for NZ
… the day adopted it as a national target to achieve minimal smoking prevalence and availability by 2025 [2]. A number of … that approximates the Smokefree Aotearoa goal of minimal smoking prevalence is a sinking lid on tobacco sales (with … 600,000 people. Due to differences in susceptibility to smoking-related diseases, benefits to smokers who quit would …
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