Tagged: e-cigarettes

Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Sep 09, 2019 •

• e-cigarettes,
• Smoking,
• tobacco,
• vaping

Prof Nick Wilson, Prof Richard Edwards, Prof Janet Hoek Tobacco control’s focus on supporting smokers to quit, thus reducing the harm they face (e.g., via appropriately regulated access to e-cigarettes) remains important. However, we need to do more to protect youth and non-smokers from the burden of tobacco. In this blog we use the issue of tobacco tax increases … Read More

Vaping very likely to improve health in NZ – but how does this compare with other options? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Mar 27, 2019 •

• e-cigarettes,
• Public Health,
• Smoking,
• tobacco,
• vaping

Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Frederieke Petrović-van der Deen, Dr Cristina Cleghorn, A/Prof Coral Gartner, Prof Tony Blakely Our just-published modelling study suggests that easier access to nicotine via vaping as a replacement for tobacco smoking, will improve the health of the NZ population. The estimated health gain is about the same as 10% per annum tobacco tax increases … Read More

Regulatory Catch-22? - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • May 25, 2018 •

• e-cigarettes,
• heat-not-burn tobacco,
• plain packaging,
• vaping

Last month’s court decision, and subsequent MoH position statement, mean that heat-not-burn tobacco products are legal to sell in New Zealand.  But the MoH position statement said that other tobacco control regulations will apply to reduced-risk tobacco and tobacco-derived products, barring the ban on indoor use in workplaces. Therefore, the same SFEA regulatory controls apply to smoked tobacco, heated … Read More

Otago and disagreement - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • May 11, 2018 •

• e-cigarettes,
• Ministry of Health,
• public health,
• tobacco,
• vaping

Every time I think that the University of Otago’s Public Health people can’t get any worse, they go and surprise me. Today, the Initiative launched Jenesa Jeram’s excellent report on vaping and reduced-harm alternatives to smoking. It walks through the evidence on the risks of vaping, heat-not-burn products, and snus, and makes some recommendations around liberalising access so that … Read More

Informative advertising - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Feb 09, 2018 •

• advertising,
• cigarettes,
• e-cigarettes,
• Nicotine,
• vaping

New Zealand’s in a fun legal limbo right now on e-cigarettes. Everybody knows that the Ministry of Health is soon to be liberalising, so the de jure restrictions that prevent selling of nicotine-containing e-liquids aren’t being enforced. It’s pretty easy to get vaping liquid. In some ways, whatever regulatory regime comes out of this will be more restrictive than the … Read More

“Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Oct 06, 2017 •

• Action Plan,
• e-cig,
• e-cigarettes,
• Nicotine,
• policy,
• Smokefree Aotearoa 2025,
• Smoking,
• tobacco

Prof Richard Edwards, Prof Tony Blakely, Prof Chris Cunningham, Frederieke Sanne van der Deen, Stephanie Erick, Zoe Hawke, Prof Janet Hoek, A/Prof George Thomson, Louise Thornley, Anaru Waa, Prof Nick Wilson The “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025” Action Plan was launched at Parliament on 2 August. A previous blog described its key features and a rationale for the recommended … Read More

E-cigarettes to have legal market in NZ, experts cautious - News

John Kerr • Mar 29, 2017 •

• e-cigarettes,
• Ministry of Health,
• Nicotine,
• regulations,
• Smoking,
• tobacco,
• vaping

The Government has announced new regulations to allow nicotine containing electronic cigarettes to be sold in New Zealand. Currently e-cigarette devices can be sold in New Zealand but nicotine-containing e-liquid can not (nicotine is a scheduled substance under the Medicines Act), although consumers can purchase e-liquid from overseas for personal use. That is set to change with announcement of … Read More

Vaping: A new weapon in the battle against obesity? - News

John Kerr • Oct 26, 2016 •

• Diabetes,
• Diet,
• e-cigarettes,
• Obesity,
• Smoking,
• tobacco,
• vaping,
• weight loss

E-cigarettes may have a part to play in fighting the growing obesity epidemic, say New Zealand researchers. Electronic cigarettes have been welcomed by some, but not all,  public health researchers as a potential new tool to help smokers kick the tobacco habit. Now a new commentary published today in Nicotine & Tobacco Research lays out the case for vaping – using e-cigarettes – … Read More

Should Smokefree Indoor Areas = Vapefree Areas? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Oct 03, 2016 •

• e-cig,
• e-cigarettes,
• smokefree,
• Smoking,
• tobacco,
• tobacco control,
• vaping

Prof Nick Wilson, Prof Janet Hoek, A/Prof George Thomson, Prof Richard Edwards The NZ Ministry of Health is currently reviewing public submissions on options that would allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold legally in NZ. This consultation raises questions about how the wider uptake of e-cigarette use (known as “vaping”) will be managed. In this blog, we consider arguments … Read More

Pharmacy only access for e-cigarette nicotine - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Sep 09, 2016 •

• e-cigarettes,
• regulation,
• Smoking,
• tobacco,
• vaping

The folks over at the public health blog argue that access to nicotine for vaping should only be through pharmacies, or maybe through some licensed registered shops. One thing is obviously missing from their tallying of the relative costs and benefits of pharmacy-only access. I’ll copy their table below. A brief summary table Attribute/issue Pharmacies Vape stores Product array … Read More