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  • Key findings in the 2021/22 NZ Health Survey: Continued rapid falls in smoking prevalence and increases in vaping

    … reductions in smoking prevalence and increase in e-cigarette (EC) use/vaping observed in last year’s survey have … annual blog describing key findings about smoking and e-cigarette (EC) use/vaping from the NZ Health Survey (NZHS). … . Key findings 1.      Overall smoking prevalence and e-cigarette use trends Figure 1 shows trends in current (at …
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  • The case for banning cigarette filters

    … introduced to create a barrier between the tobacco in a cigarette stick and a smoker’s mouth (though cigarette holders may have performed a similar function … evidence about smoking’s harms was clearly documented, cigarette advertising suggested filters provided throat …
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  • Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey

    … groups. The 2020/21 NZHS collected data on smoking and e-cigarette (EC) use from a nationally representative sample of … 1 Trends in current (≥monthly) and daily smoking and e-cigarette use (NZHS 2011/12 to 2020/21) Use of ECs was first … rate of decline in smoking prevalence. 2. Smoking and e-cigarette use by age and gender Daily (9.5% men vs 9.2% …
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  • How should we manage the harm caused by tobacco product waste?

    … with around four trillion butts littered every year. These cigarette butts cause major environmental damage and impose … allocation of responsibility for creating and managing it. Cigarette filters were first introduced in the 1950s and 60s, … diseases. 2 US evidence shows the market share of filtered cigarette brands grew rapidly from 1955 onwards, while the …
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  • What does recent biomarker literature say about the likely harm from e-cigarettes?

    … recent studies in which the biomarker levels in e-cigarette users (vapers) are compared to those from tobacco … and there is no evidence yet about long-term effects of e-cigarette use on health outcomes, a lot more future research … complex given the ongoing changes and large diversity of e-cigarette products in the international market. How vapers …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … to reduce the continued marked disparities in smoking. E-cigarette use and vaping has increased over the last three to … is not yet clear. There is no evidence that increased e-cigarette use among 15-17 year olds is slowing the decline in … ). We report prevalences for smoking, e-cigarette (EC) use and related measures among a …
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  • Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?

    … (NZ) Government’s proposed changes to liberalise the e-cigarette market set out a robust process for helping people … tobacco, thus enabling smokers to purchase an e-cigarette rather than tobacco. While there is a surface logic … it to proceed cautiously with liberalising nicotine e-cigarette sales. Limiting the sales of tobacco products to …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … raises questions about how the wider uptake of e-cigarette use (known as “vaping”) will be managed. In this … given findings from a recent survey of exclusive e-cigarette users in the USA. This study found that of those … 16 studies reported that: “passive exposure to electronic cigarette vapour has the potential to lead to adverse health …
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  • Perspective: Options for licensed retailing of nicotine-containing E-Cigarettes in NZ

    … product types (tobacco and e-cigarettes). Licensing for e-cigarette retailers would bring many benefits, including a … that their staff are competent to deliver advice on e-cigarette use to support smoking cessation; they should also … and e-liquids? Pharmacy-only sales Restricting e-cigarette sales to only community pharmacies would frame this …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques

    … 1. Table 1: Potential benefits and risks of increasing e-cigarette availability Potential benefits Potential harms … smoke exposure by reducing overall smoking prevalence. E-cigarette uptake among children and young adults exposes them … to policy with regards to increasing nicotine-containing e-cigarette availability, with arguments for and against both …
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