Tagged: cessation

Has New Zealand lost its way in tobacco control? - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jul 08, 2016 •

• advocacy,
• campaign,
• cessation,
• Smoking,
• tax,
• tobacco

By Simon Chapman, University of Sydney The New Zealand government has decided to reorient its priorities in tobacco control. It has announced it will be pulling 73% of its previous funding support for tobacco control advocacy. The only money allocated for tobacco control to do the vital work of building and sustaining community and multi-party support for … Read More

Overall increase in tooth decay noted in fluoridation cessation studies - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • May 15, 2016 •

• cessation,
• fluoridation,
• Science and Society,
• tooth decay

Anti-fluoride activists love to trot out studies where no increase in tooth decay was found after community water fluoridation  (CWF) ceased. They are cherry-picking, of course, because they ignore the studies which do show a decline in dental health. I have written about this before (What happens when fluoridation is stopped? and Anti-fluoridationist’s flawed attacks on Calgary study), so I am pleased to see a … Read More