Tagged: smokefree

Featured image: Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ

Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Mar 14, 2018 •

Janet Hoek, Philip Gendall, Richard Edwards, Shayne Nahu, Nick Wilson From today, all tobacco products in New Zealand will start appearing in standardised, or plain, packages. In this blog, we discuss the importance of developing an on-going monitoring and evaluation plan around this intervention. We also explain why communications with smokers – whether on-pack or mass media – must be … Read More

Featured image: Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?

Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Dec 12, 2017 •

George Thomson, Richard Edwards, Richard Jaine, Janet Hoek, Jude Ball, Nick Wilson This blog briefly reviews the case for the prioritisation by the new Government of a law for smokefree cars carrying children. This would demonstrate their commitment to children’s health and well-being, respond to public and smoker opinion, follow official and Parliamentary advice, and fit with the research evidence … Read More

Featured image: Patterns of declining smoking in NZ – But more action needed by the new government

Patterns of declining smoking in NZ – But more action needed by the new government - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Nov 21, 2017 •

By Nick Wilson, Frederieke Sanne van der Deen, Richard Edwards, George Thomson, Anaru Waa, Tony Blakely Just published results from the NZ Health Survey indicate ongoing declines in smoking for Māori and for European New Zealanders. In this blog we comment on the possible reasons for these trends and describe recent work on how progress could be accelerated. The results … Read More

Featured image: “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal

“Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Sep 07, 2017 •

Richard Edwards, Tony Blakely, Chris Cunningham, Frederieke Sanne van der Deen, Zoe Hawke, Janet Hoek, Shayne Nahu, George Thomson, Louise Thornley, Anaru Waa, Nick Wilson A new Action Plan was launched by one of New Zealand’s great tobacco control champions – Dame Tariana Turia – at Parliament on August 2. This blog describes the Plan’s key features and the rationale … Read More

Featured image: Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame

Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Jun 29, 2017 •

By Frederieke Sanne van der Deen, Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Christine Cleghorn, Dr Linda Cobiac, Dr Giorgi Kvizhinadze, Dr Nhung Nghiem, Prof Tony Blakely We have eight more years to go until 2025 – the year of the NZ Government’s Smokefree goal. NZ is not on track to achieve this goal, especially not for Māori. In this blog we discuss … Read More

Featured image: Should Smokefree Indoor Areas = Vapefree Areas?

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

Public Health Expert • Oct 03, 2016 •

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

Featured image: A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco

A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Sep 19, 2016 •

By Professor Janet Hoek, Professor Karine Gallopel-Morvan, Professor Richard Edwards, Professor Tony Blakely New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal is now less than ten years away but we are unlikely to achieve this world-leading goal unless the Government introduces innovative new policies that reduce smoking prevalence (1). Existing measures have tackled different facets of tobacco marketing, with plain packaging reducing a … Read More

Featured image: Tobacco tax increases: new model measures impact

Tobacco tax increases: new model measures impact - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • May 30, 2016 •

By Frederieke Sanne van der Deen, Nick Wilson, Tony Blakely On Thursday the NZ Government announced it would continue it’s programme of yearly 10% tobacco tax increases for the years 2017 to 2020 inclusive. Using our peer-reviewed BODE3 forecasting model, we project that with these additional four years of tax increases smoking prevalence in 2020 will be 21.4% for Māori … Read More

Featured image: (Un)licensed to kill: do we need to regulate how tobacco is sold?

(Un)licensed to kill: do we need to regulate how tobacco is sold? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Apr 21, 2016 •

By Lindsay Robertson, Janet Hoek, Richard Edwards and Louise Marsh* Two recent articles by Aspire2025 researchers have explored how tobacco sales in New Zealand could be more effectively regulated. The first examines licensing models that have been implemented overseas, while the second explores how provisions from the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013 could inform tobacco supply policies (both published in the … Read More

Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • May 25, 2015 •

By a group of nine academic tobacco/nicotine researchers* E-cigarette usage is growing in NZ and around the world but the scientific evidence-base regarding the benefits and risks of these types of products remains uncertain. The health-based policy experience is also … Continue reading → … Read More

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