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[New Zealand] Smoking attack adverts pushed for NZ
Tobacco control expert Professor Stanton Glantz, of the University of California, San Francisco, says the virtual absence of such ads in New Zealand is a reason smoking prevalence is significantly higher in this country than in his home state - 17 per ce
Apr 10, 2013
New Zealand Herald
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Apr 10, 2013 15:02
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[New Zealand] Funding cuts stall smoking progress
Anti-smoking group ASH is blaming government spending cuts in tobacco control and inadequate tax increases for a disappointing result in its latest youth smoking survey. It found 4.1 percent of year 10 students smoked every day in 2012, the same as the
Apr 10, 2013
Waatea News (nz)
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Apr 10, 2013 14:47
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Plain packaging of tobacco products will not reduce smoking rates, and will violate New Zealand’s international trade obligations (PDF)
Executive summary of submission by Philip Morris (New Zealand) Limited to the Ministry of Health / Consultation on Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products
Apr 9, 2013
Philip Morris International (ch)
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Apr 9, 2013 14:36
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[New Zealand] E-cigarettes wishful thinking for giving up smokes, says US critic
rather than helping people to quit ordinary cigarettes, they may keep them hooked on a daily dose of tobacco smoke. Professor Stanton Glantz, of the University of California at San Francisco, will speak in New Zealand next week at seminars organised by r
Apr 8, 2013
New Zealand Herald
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Apr 8, 2013 10:50
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[Australia and Oceania, New Zealand] 'Sterilise Maori smokers' suggestion causes outrage
A suggestion by a Palmerston North city councillor that Maori women be sterilised to stop them smoking in front of their children has outraged councillors and Maori health advocates. Councillor Bruce Wilson was speaking at the community wellbeing commit
Apr 5, 2013
nzoom.com (TVNZ)
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Apr 5, 2013 14:42
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[New Zealand] Cancer charity shrugs off tobacco link
The New Zealand Association of Convenience Stores (NZACS), whose members include British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco, will donate the proceeds of its golf day next month to the Breast Cancer Research Trust. The fundraiser at the Remuera Golf C
Mar 22, 2013
New Zealand Herald
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Mar 28, 2013 10:45
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[New Zealand] Polygenic Risk and the Developmental Progression to Heavy, Persistent Smoking and Nicotine DependenceEvidence From a 4-Decade Longitudinal StudyDevelopmental Progression of Smoking Behavior
Initiatives that disrupt the developmental progression of smoking behavior among adolescents may mitigate genetic risks for developing adult smoking problems. Future genetic research may maximize discovery potential by focusing on smoking behavior soon af
Mar 27, 2013
JAMA Psychiatry (Archives of General Psychiatry)
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Mar 27, 2013 16:37
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[New Zealand] Genetics might determine which smokers get hooked, research says
Researchers have identified genetic risk factors that may accelerate a teen's progression to becoming a lifelong heavy smoker. The team of scientists from the U.S., the U.K. and New Zealand examined earlier studies by other research teams to develop a g
Mar 27, 2013
Medical Xpress (PhysOrg.com)
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Mar 27, 2013 16:29
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[New Zealand] Genes May Dictate Teens' Susceptibility to Heavy Smoking
wonder why some teens who try cigarettes get hooked quickly and others don't? The answer may lie in their genes, according to a new study that spans nearly four decades. Researchers used data from earlier studies to construct a genetic risk score for hea
Mar 27, 2013
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Mar 27, 2013 16:28
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[New Zealand] Tobacco grower to fight on
A conviction against a Motueka Valley man accused of being party to illegal tobacco manufacture has been quashed by the High Court. ... But for Laurie Jury and partner Michelle Ward, who have spent three years and more than $20,000 clearing his name, t
Mar 26, 2013
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
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Mar 27, 2013 06:00