The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) got completely side-tracked when presenting to Parliament’s Health Select Committee on the smokefree bill, says Nancy… Read More »Doctors’ association side-tracked during smokefree hearings
“September marks the start of the secret season. It sadly sees supposed ‘tobacco control experts’ playing up to their puppet masters and denying Asia Pacific’s… Read More »Asia Pacific Declaration fights for 600 million smokers’ lives
New Zealand’s 11 August vape flavour ban for general retailers will sadly cost lives, making it harder for adults desperate to quit smoking, says the… Read More »NZ vape flavour ban only penalises adults keen to quit smoking
A University of Otago study that claims the transition from cigarettes to vaping is not as straightforward as many think is not helpful to the… Read More »Otago study sends mixed messages on best quit smoking tool
After 2,518 submissions on the latest draft vaping regulations, it’s disappointing that local vape businesses and advocates have had to jump on a plane or… Read More »Vaping product standards behind a paywall – disappointing
Media stories about youth vaping are deeply concerning but significant changes have been made in the past year with more coming,” says Nancy Loucas, co-director… Read More »Concerns about youth vaping already well addressed
If the Government’s smokefree action plan does not adequately elevate nicotine vaping as the much safer alternative, then cigarette smuggling will become a bigger problem… Read More »Cigarette smuggling will worsen if vaping not promoted
Alarmist media stories on vaping are politically timed to inflict the most damage on a practice that’s saving thousands of New Zealanders’ lives, claims a… Read More »Attacks on vaping, politically timed
Fifteen months after a Parliamentary petition supporting ongoing access to vape flavours closed, and nearly a year after it was referred to the Health Select… Read More »Vape flavour petition dismissed despite mounting evidence
Auckland’s many smokefree supporters and vapers should use this latest lockdown, and wet weather, to submit on the Ministry of Health’s draft vaping regulations and… Read More »Submit in support of Kiwi vapers and businesses this lockdown