Tagged: Smoking

Making tobacco less available is both necessary and feasible – New NZ study - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Sep 24, 2018 •

• Smoking,
• tobacco sales

Dr Lindsay Robertson* In our recently published work, we studied the impact of the NZ Government preventing new retail outlets from selling tobacco from 2020, while allowing existing retail outlets to continue selling it until they closed or relocated. The estimated outcome would be a 50% decrease in the total number of tobacco retail outlets by 2032. This blog puts … Read More

How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Jun 15, 2018 •

• inequalities,
• Maori,
• Smoking,
• socioeconomic,
• tobacco

Prof Tony Blakely, Dr Andrea Teng, Prof Nick Wilson Policy-makers need to know how much of ethnic inequalities in health are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco smoking, but quantifying this is surprisingly difficult. In this Blog, and accompanying video, we summarize new research using NZ’s linked census-mortality data, blended with innovative new ‘counterfactual’ methods to determine causal relationships … Read More

Higher cigarette prices would help millions avoid poor health and extreme poverty - News

Jean Balchin • Apr 12, 2018 •

• cigarette prices,
• cigarette tax,
• economists,
• finance,
• Health,
• income,
• limitations,
• medical costs,
• modelling study,
• poor,
• population,
• poverty,
• public health advocates,
• rich,
• Smoking,
• UN sustainable development goals,
• universal health coverage

According to a study published in the BMJ today, a significant increase in cigarette prices would aid millions of people around the world avoid poor health and extreme poverty. The study concluded that people on low incomes have the most to gain, and the researchers argue that modest action by many governments “could yield unprecedented health gains and poverty reduction.” Smoking … Read More

Wrinkles, liver spots, crows’ feet: what happens to our skin as we age? - Guest Work

Guest Author • Mar 27, 2018 •

• ageing,
• collagen,
• crows feet,
• elastin,
• ethnicity,
• fats,
• fibroblasts,
• liver spots,
• melanin,
• melanoma,
• melanosomes,
• ozone hole,
• pathogens,
• pigment cells,
• skin,
• skin cancer,
• skin colour,
• Smoking,
• Sun,
• UV exposure,
• wrinkles

Michelle Rodrigues, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne This article is part of our series about skin: why we have it, what it does and what can go wrong. Read other articles in the series here. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The main factors that contribute to how old we … Read More

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

Public Health Expert • Mar 14, 2018 •

• Cigarette,
• government,
• Health,
• health warnings,
• legislation,
• marketing,
• New Zealand,
• packaging,
• reactance,
• smokefree,
• Smoking,
• wearout

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

Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Feb 16, 2018 •

• advertising,
• Health,
• pharmacies,
• Quit Smoking,
• smokers,
• Smoking,
• tobacco,
• tobacco control policies,
• vaping

Professor Janet Hoek, Dr Lindsay Robertson, Ms Mei-Ling Blank, Dr Rosalina Richards Although most smokers want to quit, many of those who begin vaping continue to smoke. We recently probed this perplexing ambiguity and explored dual use of cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) [1]. In this blog, we summarise our findings and consider interventions that could encourage … Read More

What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Jan 30, 2018 •

• alcohol consumption,
• bike lanes,
• commuting,
• Mass media,
• media government,
• New Zealand,
• pregnancy,
• public health,
• Smoking,
• Sugar Tax,
• taxation,
• tobacco industry,
• United States,
• vegetables

Prof Nick Wilson, A/Prof George Thomson The United States has many major health problems – including declining life expectancy and an exorbitantly expensive health care system. However, the large number of state and local governments provide a wealth of potential lessons that NZ could learn from. In this blog we briefly consider some of these, particularly in the domains of … Read More

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

Public Health Expert • Nov 21, 2017 •

• Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025,
• cigarettes,
• quit,
• smokefree,
• Smoking,
• tobacco

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

“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

Nicotine in sports: high use but little evidence of effects on performance - Guest Work

Guest Author • Aug 10, 2017 •

• athletes,
• doping,
• Nicotine,
• performance enhancing drugs,
• smokeless tobacco,
• Smoking,
• sports

By Toby Mündel, Massey University When you think nicotine, you probably think of smokers, addiction, carcinogens and disease – not elite athletes and sporting performance. However, our research published today shows that the use of nicotine among athletes is high and increasing. In some sports, up to half the team uses nicotine in various forms, mostly as … Read More