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#46 – 20 June 2018

Editorial – Spotlight on Leitu Tufuga

We spoke to Leitu Tufuga, one of the coordinators of the Pacific Smokefree Network, to get an better insight into what makes her tick. The Pacific Smokefree Network (PSN) is a collective of around 120 individuals representing around 60 organisations who gather with a common purpose of eliminating tobacco from Pacific Communities in Aotearoa. Here's what she had to say.

What is your role and who do you work for?

Health Promoter – Cancer Society Auckland Northland.

Tell us something you’re passionate about outside of your regular mahi?

I'm a proud member of the P.A.C.I.F.I.C.A women's organisation which has been in existence for 30+ years. There are branches across the motu. I belong to the dynamic Tamaki branch which has been instrumental in advocating on local and national issues like the housing redevelopment, rheumatic fever and supporting youth development initiatives.

We're part of a Heart Movement: Healthy families in Tamaki, a community response to family violence. We also encourage ways of improving our wellbeing and health for women and families. PACIFICA has also given myself and many others the opportunity to grow and stretch our leadership skills.

I've had the privilege of taking up various roles, i.e. Branch President and Northern Vice President 2014-2016. What I love about PACIFICA is seeing the positive impact of our voice – our women are being leaders in their own world.

What makes you get out bed every morning?

I work with some amazing people in our team and across the sector. What inspires me is the energy we all bring to be change-makers in this space, to be leaders, to be strategic and provide evidence-based information and research so we start see the positive impact that effective policy/legislation can benefit everyone particularly for Māori and Pacific communities, and reach Smokefree 2025.

Tell us something you have worked on that you feel – hey, I did a great job on that?

This year I coordinated the Pacific Smokefree Network – World Smokefree Network breakfast event. This was an opportunity to celebrate and connect held at Cancer Society Auckland. It was lovely to have present the heads of organisations in the tobacco control sector: Natasha Kemp, CEO of Te Kaha o Te Rangatahi; Tony Duncan, CE of the Heart Foundation; Lance Norman, CEO Hāpai Te Hauora; John Loof, CEO Cancer Society Auckland Northland. It was great to have representation from Auckland Council: Councillor Alf Filipaina, Manukau Ward. We also had the privilege of having MP Louisa Wall and Chair of the Health Select Committee.

We opened the breakfast with the conch shell being blown to recognise the importance of this kaupapa and the goal to be Smokefree by 2025. John Loof welcomed everyone to Cancer Society Auckland and highlighted the various events happening around the country.

MP Louisa Wall highlighted the importance and commitment of reaching Smokefree 2025. She shared Hon Jenny Salesa's announcement that Government will be developing an Action Plan to help reach the target. She acknowledged the presentation from the tobacco control sector at the first joint hui of the Māori Select Committee and Health Select Committee held recently.

Stephanie Erick – Hāpai Te Hauora – recognised the work as a collective we have achieved thus far for Māori and Pacific communities. She also highlighted the evidence-based action plan Achieving A Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025.

Our guest speaker Dr Lindsay Robertson from Cancer Society Social and Behavioural Research, University of Otago, Dunedin presented on reducing tobacco retail availability: outlining why tobacco availability is a problem, what outcome we want and How we get there.

Being Samoan Language Week, John Loof shared a Samoan proverb, "O le tele o sulu e maua ai figota, e mama se avega pe a ta amo fa’atasi. My strength does not come from me alone but from many". Together we can achieve Smokefree 2025 but we need to be bold and we need to be strong and most of all we need to work together.

Our Pacific Smokefree Network provides a platform for members to share and provide feedback and/or recommendations regarding Pacific smokefree issues, as well as upskilling members with professional development opportunities identified by the members.

The PSN's commitment is to advocate and represent, to collaborate and empower, to develop and support the Pacific tobacco workforce advancements towards achieving a smokefree Pacific population by 2025.The PSN communicates the needs of Pacific smokers to those who can affect change across the tobacco control sector, including both government and non-government agencies and all other relevant stakeholder groups.

The PSN proudly sits within the National Tobacco Advocacy Service and is supported by Hāpai Te Hauora and The Cancer Society Auckland and Northland.

Click here to email Leitu about her work or ask how you can be part of the Pacific Smokefree Network.

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American Interference in New Zealand Public Health

Hāpai Te Hauora media release, 7 June 2018 2018

New Zealand's largest Māori public health collective is disappointed at the recent media coverage of a lab-based scientist flown to our shores which created unnecessary confusion among communities around the use of vaping devices. On TV3's The Project (6 June 2018) Dr Michelle Peace made comments that were misguiding for people trying to stop smoking cigarettes and we were surprised there was no counter perspective provided.

Hāpai is steadfast in its support for harm reduction technologies such as vaping devices and e-liquid that are currently helping many people who smoke tobacco to stop smoking safely and successfully.

Hāpai Te Hauora CEO Lance Norman says it's disappointing that the views of a person who is not a subject matter expert in tobacco control were given a prominent place on a prime time local current affairs show.

"Having a person from the US who is a lab scientist and has no experience of working with people to help them stop smoking is just irresponsible. She doesn't seem to work with patients or in the public health space. What exactly qualifies her to comment on these issues?

"There are hundreds of thousands of people vaping around the world and there is no sign yet of any major adverse health issues which compare to the vast, irreversible harm already caused by traditional tobacco products. The coverage spoke to something that simply doesn’t exist in New Zealand, no one has died from vaping and to talk about 'pop-corn lung' due to vaping is scare-mongering."


Vaping, smokeless, including heated tobacco

Ministry of Health, 6 June 2018

Vaping products are electrical devices that produce a vapor by heating a solution (e-liquid). Smokeless tobacco are a diverse group of products that are promoted as being potentially less harmful alternatives to tobacco smoking.

Vaping products and heated tobacco products can be legally sold in New Zealand. This is because a recent District Court decision case ruled these products can be lawfully sold under the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990.

All the requirements of the Act also apply to vaping and heated tobacco products, including banning advertising these products and making it illegal to sell them to young people under the age of 18.

The smoking ban in indoor workplaces only applies to smoked tobacco and does not apply to vaping or other products that are not smoked. Individual employers and business owners can decide whether they want to include vaping in their smokefree policies.

The Government is considering how best to apply risk-proportionate regulations across all tobacco products, including smoked tobacco, heated tobacco products and vaping products.

What does this means for consumers?

  • Nicotine vaping products and heated tobacco products can be legally sold in New Zealand.
  • Consumers of vaping products should not notice much difference because nicotine vaping liquids have been sold in retail shops for some time.
  • Heated tobacco products may become available for purchase and consumers may see the devices for sale.

What does this mean for manufacturers, importers and retailers?

  • It is now lawful to import, sell and distribute vaping products and heated tobacco products manufactured from tobacco.
  • The laws that apply to smoked tobacco products also apply to heated tobacco products and vaping products. Businesses should ensure that they comply with the law (e.g. do not sell to under-18s, do not advertise, comply with the packaging requirements).

Health Promotion Agency Tobacco Control Seminar, Tauranga, 2018

The Health Promotion Agency facilitates regional seminars to provide an opportunity for the tobacco control sector to hear about new projects, national directions, and ongoing developments in tobacco control.

At this web page you can access all presentation videos from the Tauranga 2018 seminar and/or individual presentation slides.

Find out more.

 


Hāpai Te Hauora Trending News

15 June 2018

Every fortnight we find the latest news stories relating to a range of key issue areas and the general health of Māori from around the world and right here in Aotearoa.

Topics:

  • 2018 Progress Fellowship
  • Population health
  • Tobacco control
  • Alcohol and other drugs
  • Nutrition and physical activity
  • Gambling harm
  • Research and technology.

Read the 15 June 2018 Edition.

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World Smokefree Day Roundup

After World Smokefree Day, we sent out a panui asking some of the Regional Smokefree Coalition members what they got up to. In this edition we feature a few reports that didn't make it into the last issue.

Te Hā-Waitaha Stop Smoking Canterbury goes butt picking

On Thursday 31 May 2018 a team of dedicated stop smoking practitioners took to the streets – Te Hā-Waitaha Stop Smoking Canterbury went "butt picking".

In just two hours and within two kilometres the team picked up 1000s of butts as well as packets, matches and lighters off the ground.

The kaupapa was simple – raising public awareness of a by-product of cigarettes that is destroying our beautiful clean green image, and to challenge each person to look down and think about that which we say we are proud of – our natural and beautiful Aotearoa!!

Find out more.

The Warehouse kicks smoking's butt

The Warehouse Ashburton has a new request for its customers: leave your smoking at the gate.

The store has just become the first Warehouse in New Zealand to declare its carpark a complete 'no smoking' zone in a move which coincided with World No Smoking Day.

Find out more.

Public says to restrict the sale of tobacco

On World Smokefree Day and the Cancer Society said that while New Zealand has a goal to have fewer than 5 percent of New Zealanders smoking by 2025 – we're not going to get there unless we restrict the availability of tobacco.

The Cancer Society attended Parliament to present its Smokefree campaign postcards to MP Rino Tirikatene, Chair of the Māori Affairs Select Committee.

"There is strong public support for reducing the availability of tobacco and the postcard messages demonstrate that," Cancer Society New Zealand Chief Executive Mike Kernaghan.

"We're calling on Government to include the phasing-out of tobacco availability in their action plan to achieve Smokefree New Zealand 2025."

With around 8000 retail outlets selling tobacco products, the Cancer Society want tighter restrictions on tobacco availability through legislation.

"You can buy cigarettes and tobacco in supermarkets, dairies, petrol stations, bars, and restaurants – it’s more readily available than grocery items."

Find out more.

View the postcard.

Toki Rau Stop Smoking Services Northland

This report is a summary of the World Smokefree May 2018 activities undertaken by Toki Rau Stop Smoking Services (SSS) Northland – Ngāti Hine Health Trust, Te Hauora o Te Hiku o Te Ika, Hokianga Health Enterprise Trust, Te Ha Oranga, Ki A Ora Ngātiwai, Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi, and Te Runanga o Whaingaroa – supported by Northland District Health Board, Manaia Health PHO and Te Tai Tokerau PHO.

The Fresh Air Project Whangarei

The Fresh Air Project Whangarei was a voluntary three-month pilot where cafes in Whangarei CBD and Quayside were encouraged to promote their outdoor dining areas as smokefree.

Smokefree Rawene Ferry

Hauora Hokianga, Northland District Health Board and Te Hauora O Ngapuhi supported the Rawene car ferry Kohu Ra Tua Rua to be smokefree from 7.15am to 2.30pm on 15 May 2018 to raise awareness of World Smokefree Day and promote Toki Rau Stop Smoking Services. Information and gifts were given to those who registered.

Quit Stall in the Mall, Whangarei

Toki Rau SSS set up a Quit Stall in Cameron Street Mall, Whangarei CBD on 16 May 2018, to promote Toki Rau SSS as part of World Smokefree May.

Marae Expos

Hokianga Health has been running a series of health expos with marae within the region to raise awareness of Toki Rau Stop Smoking Services and other Hokianga Health on offer as well as promoting World Smokefree Day.

NorthTec One-year Smokefree Campus Celebration

Whangarei, Dargaville, Kaikohe and Kaitaia Campuses

Celebrating in partnership with NorthTec their one-year smokefree campus anniversary through all Northland sites, Toki Rau SSS had a presence on campus on WSFD 31 May to raise awareness of Toki Rau SSS with NorthTec staff and students and engage current smokers letting them know that Toki Rau SSS is accessible for them.

NorthTec Kaitaia celebrated its one-year smokefree anniversary at Youth Space along with a number of other Hauora providers, a live band, kapa haka group performance, healthy kai, prizes with excellent community support and engagement.

Up in Smoke

With Whangarei District Council's permission we held a photo opportunity in front of the Te Matau a Pohe Bridge, Whangarei on Wednesday 16 May to raise awareness of how much money is spent on tobacco.

We printed a giant cheque for $147,694,353.00, the amount of money spent on tobacco by Northlanders who smoke in one year and lit it on fire to show how much money is going 'up in smoke'.

Regent Training Centre Whangarei

Regent Training Centre (RTC) is looking to create smokefree campus next year and this was a way of introducing the kaupapa to the students, raising awareness of Toki Rau SSS and World Smokefree Day.

The 31 May 2018 event was officially started with a powhiri by RTC students and staff welcoming Toki Rau SSS. Activities and live music from Ngati Hine FM allowed students to interact with Toki Rau SSS. There were, a BBQ lunch cooked by RTC trainee chefs and spot prizes.

Find out more about these events including feedback and outcomes achieved (12Mb).


The RAUORA quit smoking study

Researchers from the Lakes District Health Board, University of Auckland and Brunel University London are seeking more than 2000 Māori and whānau of Māori who smoke cigarettes and want to quit, to take part in an awesome 'quit smoking' study.

In the study people will be randomised (like the toss of coin) to receive one of two medicines (cytisine or varenicline, also known by their brand names – Tabex® and Champix®). Both medicines work in the body to help reduce the feeling of satisfaction people get from smoking. They also reduce the unpleasant feelings people have when they haven't had a cigarette for a while.

Cytisine is a chemical that occurs naturally in some plants, including some New Zealand plants, such as kōwhai. Varenicline is not plant-based, but has been developed from cytisine.

If you live in the Central North island and are interested in taking part please contact the team to find out more:

Free phone: 0800 367 644
Free text: 'your name' + 'RAUORA' to 4073
Email: rauoratrial@auckland.ac.nz
Facebook.

Find out more.


Whānau at centre of smokefree event

Timaru Courier, 9 June 2018

School pupils, South Canterbury residents and smoke cessation service staff members joined together for World Smokefree Day activities at Arowhenua Marae last week.

The whānau-based event aimed to promote the work of South Canterbury District Health Board’s Kick Ash service, which encouraged residents to quit their smoking habit.

Kick Ash staff member Deb Whatuira said the whānau focus of smoking cessation promotion had encouraged older smokers to quit for the sake of their mokopuna, along with encouraging school-aged residents to never take it up.

The morning's activities included rock art, kapa haka performances by Arowhenua Māori School and a quiz about the chemicals in cigarettes.


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

Public Health Expert, 15 June 2018

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 summarise new research using New Zealand's linked census-mortality data, blended with innovative new 'counterfactual' methods to determine causal relationships that can shed light on policy-relevant questions.

A half or more of Māori:European/Other inequalities in mortality are due to four socioeconomic factors (education, labour force status, income and deprivation), and this percentage is stable over time for males but increasing for females.

Eradicating tobacco will not only improve mortality for all sociodemographic groups, but reduce absolute inequalities in mortality between Māori and European/Other by a quarter. It is hard to think of another intervention that will reduce inequalities by as much.


Smart tech used in varsity quit smoking study

University of Otago-led research shows smart technology can shed new light on the challenges faced by smokers trying to quit by using e-cigarettes.

Find out more.

See also: An exploration of smoking-to-vaping transition attempts using a "smart" electronic nicotine delivery system.


Exposure to tobacco smoke linked to hearing impairment in children

Exposure to tobacco smoke is linked to hearing impairment in children, according to a new Kyoto University study published in the peer-reviewed journal, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. The study included 50,734 children born between 2004 and 2010 in Kobe City, Japan. Smoking before, during, and after pregnancy was measured using parent-reported questionnaires.

Find out more.


Christchurch City Council considers making its footpath dining areas smokefree

The Press, 6 June 2018

Outdoor dining areas on Christchurch City Council-owned footpaths are likely to become smokefree.

The council's social, community development and housing committee decided on Wednesday to recommend the council extend its smokefree public places policy to include council-owned footpaths used for outdoor dining. The council will make the final decision.

Councillor Tim Scandrett said it was logical to have no smoking in outdoor dining areas because it made it consistent across all the council's properties, while councillor Glenn Livingstone said he believed the council would get greater buy-in than if it took a regulatory approach.

Councillor Aaron Keown said he supported extending the policy, but was concerned about people walking further away from the establishment to have a cigarette and drop butts into the gutter.

 

Shop owners say new cigarette rules an inconvenience

Manawatu Standard, 7 June 2018

Palmerston North shop owners say the move away from branded cigarettes to packaging that only shows graphic images of smokers' lungs and body parts won't change customer habits.

Instead, they say, the only effect is on shop workers who must now fumble around trying to grab the correct pack.

Anti-smoking advocates, however, argue the move to plain packaging is just the start, and the Government needs to be more aggressive to kill off the vice before it kills more smokers.

The Butt Bucket owner Richard Green said he felt the biggest effect the change was having was on shop owners, not consumers.

"We haven't seen any major decline [in people purchasing] with the packaging going the way it is...

"It's made it harder for us to receive the product and for the manufacture to send the product. They all look the same. The Government didn't take that into account when they made the law."

 

New Zealand researcher receives international award

Scoop, 15 June 2018

Renowned tobacco control researcher Dr Marewa Glover is the recipient of the International Network of Nicotine Consumers (INNCO) Professional Advocate of the Year Award for her support of tobacco harm reduction at the Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw, Poland.

"Dr. Glover stood out for the award because of her dedication to tobacco harm reduction specifically for Māori and Pasifika in New Zealand and her efforts to have the voice of vapers enter into the discussion, where they had been previously disregarded," said INNCO President Nancy Sutthoff.

On accepting the award, Dr Glover said, "Much of my work over the last 25 years has been about bringing forth the voice and experience of people who smoke to understand and provide what they needed to help them to quit. To be given an award by a group representing consumers is an immense honour.

"What vapers have told me has totally changed how I think about smoking."

 

Obnoxious vapers risk turning public off, health advocates warn

New Zealand Herald, 16 June 2018

Smokers are kicking their cigarette habit by vaping, but not everyone is happy about their offensive clouds.

E-cigarette users blowing large, obnoxious clouds of vapour indoors or on crowded streets could turn the public against the habit, which is helping thousands of smokers kick tobacco.

Basic vaping etiquette needs to be established, Hāpai Te Hauora Māori Public Health manager Rebecca Ruwhiu-Collins says, and she's working with retailers and vapers to come up with basic guidelines for use.

The guidelines, so far, included keeping your vape clouds small in highly populated areas, always asking whether you could vape in someone else's space and not vaping near parks or schools.

Hāpai Te Hauora supports vaping as a smoking alternative because it was proving the most successful way to get people to kick their cigarette habit.

...Vapers spoken to by the Herald said they were aware they needed to be courteous when using their e-cigarettes.

 

Worldwide big tobacco news


'Disneyland for big tobacco' – how Indonesia's lax smoking laws are getting the next generation hooked

Medical Express, 1 June 2018

With more than 260m people, Indonesia is the biggest economy in South-East Asia. The country's young population – 37 percent are under the age of 20 – is one of its greatest strengths. But Indonesia's potential and productivity are being threatened by the number of deaths associated with smoking.

Of the 10 percent of the world's smokers who live in South-East Asia, half are in Indonesia. It is estimated that smoking-related diseases kill nearly 250,000 Indonesians every year.

The 76 percent of males aged 15+ who smoke is the highest rate in the world – and the next generation show every sign of following in their footsteps. In addition, 20 percent of 13-15 year olds smoke, which is the highest figure in the region. Even before the age of ten, 20 percent of children have tried a cigarette – and by the age of 13 it's more like 90 percent.

Statistics like these explain why Indonesia is the second biggest market for tobacco in the world after China, selling more than 315 billion cigarettes a year. The country also exports vastly more cigarettes than it imports. The industry produces annual sales of over US$21 billion (£16 billion), with growth forecast at around 5 percent a year.

Find out more.

Philip Morris Japan to hike tobacco prices

Japan News, 13 June 2018

Philip Morris Japan has said it will raise the prices of all 86 cigarette products sold in the country on 1 October when the tobacco tax is raised by ¥1 per cigarette.

The company will raise the price of a 10-cigarette pack by ¥20 and a pack of 19 to 20 cigarettes by ¥50. The price increase is subject to approval from the Finance Ministry.

The decision to raise cigarette prices higher than the tax increase comes after Philip Morris comprehensively assessed the market environment, the company said.

It is considering a price revision for its IQOS heat-not-burn tobacco products in line with the tax hike.

Find out more.

France orders tobacco industry: stub out cigarette butt pollution

Straits Times, 14 June 2018

France will force tobacco companies to help end the scourge of cigarette butts that litter streets and contaminate water, unless they take voluntary action in the next three months.

Paris picks up 350 tonnes of cigarette butts every year despite wall-mounted ashtrays and the threat of a 68 euro (S$105) fine for anyone caught throwing one on the street.

The Environment Ministry estimates 30 billion butts are thrown away in France every year, of which more than four in 10 end up on beaches, in forests, rivers and the sea. A single filter can contaminate hundreds of litres of water because of the chemical substances it contains, and can take more than a decade to decompose.

Find out more.

Tobacco industry behind most cigarette smuggling

The Nation, 16 June 2018

Tobacco companies are facilitating tobacco smuggling while simultaneously attempting to manipulate a global system designed to prevent illicit trade, according to a new study by the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath.

The research highlights the continuing complicity of tobacco companies in smuggling and the elaborate schemes of the industry to control a global track-and-trace system and undermine a major international treaty – the Illicit Trade Protocol (ITP). The ITP was adopted in 2012 by the World Health Organization to tackle tobacco smuggling and make transnational tobacco companies accountable for their involvement. Under it, tobacco packs are marked, tracked and, if found on the illicit market, traced back to their origin.

Leaked industry documents show how the four major international tobacco firms implemented a joint plan to use front groups and third parties to promote their own, industry-created track-and-trace system, called Codentify, as if it was independent of the industry. Study authors recommend that governments should not trust Codentify.

Find out more.


California awards millions in grants to stop sales to kids

Capital Public Radio, 13 June 2018

The Sacramento region is getting about $1.5 million to try to keep tobacco products away from kids.

State Attorney General Xavier Becerra says tobacco use by kids is at its lowest level today than it's ever been before.

"But at the same time, those gains are threatened by the fact that today's tobacco products don't even look like the tobacco that we saw in the previous generation. They are now liquid in form in too many cases. It's the vaping that goes on, it's the e-cigarettes that we see and it's now also the flavoured tobacco."

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said, "While we may not be receiving the funding the tobacco manufacturers spend on selling their products, we're going to be very efficient and creative and innovative as we reach out to assure that our kids aren't exposed in the way we've described."

Find out more.


Fewer US kids use tobacco, but numbers still too high

Medical Express, 7 June 2018

The number of US middle and high school students who use tobacco fell from 4.5 million in 2011 to 3.6 million in 2017, but that number is still far too high, federal health officials say.

Nearly one in five high school students and one in 18 middle schoolers reported current use (within the past 30 days) of any tobacco product in 2017, compared to nearly one in four high school students and one in 13 middle school students in 2011.

Since 2014, electronic cigarettes have been the most widely used tobacco product among both middle and high school students, according to the National Youth Tobacco Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

Of the 3.6 million middle and high school students who used tobacco products last year, 2.1 million used e-cigarettes.

Find out more.

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Bihar moves ahead to ban tobacco consumption

Gulf News, 9 June 2018

Health experts say cancer cases will come down by 40 percent if tobacco is completely banned.

India: The State Government in Bihar headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has moved ahead to impose a blanket ban on tobacco consumption two years after it imposed total prohibition. The move could significantly bring down the soaring rate of oral cancer in the state, which has turned alarming in recent years.

Authorities said the Government had shot off a letter to the Federal Government, urging the latter to notify tobacco as a food product. Once it is notified as a food product by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India, the Government will have the power to ban it on health grounds, authorities added.

Find out more.


E-cigarette industry prepared to work closely with government on tobacco laws

Health 24, June 2018

SA's leading vaping body is keen to work with government on how e-cigarettes are regulated in the new tobacco laws.

The Vaping Product Association of South Africa is eager to work closely with Government regarding the proposed new law on tobacco control.

In a statement, the association said that the vaping industry should be seen as a partner to the health agenda in South Africa and that, should all smokers move to harm-reduced vaping products, the impact is bound to be extremely positive from a non-communicable disease point of view.

Find out more.


Crowd fed healthy message at No Tobacco Day event

Kimberley Echo, 14 June 2018

Hundreds of children and adults learned about the benefits of not smoking but instead eating and acting healthy at a World No Tobacco Day event in Kununurra (Western Australia [WA]) recently.

Organisations including Kununurra Community Garden, Hippy East Kimberley, Wunan, Boab Health Services, East Kimberley Job Pathways, St John Ambulance, Life Without Barriers, WA Country Health Service and WA Police were brought together by Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Services (OVAHS) to White Gum Park on Thursday to provide good food and healthy activities to the community.

OVAHS Tackling Indigenous Smoking Co-ordinator Selina Harper, who runs the Nuff of the Puff programme in the East Kimberley, said the event was a lot bigger than last year's.

"The idea behind this year's event is World No Tobacco Day and doing something different than smoking because it's not good for your heart," she said.

Find out more.


Capsule cigarettes: How could product innovation undermine the 2025 goal?

Friday 29 June, 12.30-1.15pm
Janet Hoek, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
Small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago,
Mein St, Wellington

Join by web-conference.

Watch previous seminars.

Find out more.


Easy Evaluation workshops and training support

Learn to evaluate your projects. Gain skills and confidence in using evaluation in your work and learn how to apply programme logic.

The SHORE & Whariki Research Centre is contracted by the Ministry of Health to provide evaluation training plus organisational and individual support for the public health workforce and community organisations with a public health focus (targeting communities, groups, and environments rather than the delivery of personal health services).

Two-day Easy Evaluation workshops are offered. The workshop focuses on developing a logic model and using the logic model to develop an evaluation plan. The workshops provide experiential, hands-on learning opportunities and a full set of workshop notes is provided. Participants apply learning to their own public health/health promotion programme.

Both days run from 9.00am-4.00pm.There is no charge for this training and organisation support.

  • Hamilton, 3-4 July 2018, Hamilton Gardens
  • Christchurch, 29-30 August 2018, Wigram Base
  • Auckland, 20-21 November 2018, Sorrento in the Park
  • Nelson, 4-5 December 2018, Grand Mercure Nelson Monaco
  • Invercargill, 12-13 February 2019, Ascot Park Hotel
  • New Plymouth, 12-13 March 2019, Quality Hotel International
  • Wellington, 9-10 April 2019, Silverstream Retreat.

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APSAD Scientific Alcohol and Drug Conference

4-7 November 2018
Pullman Auckland Hotel

On behalf of the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs, we are pleased to invite you to our beautiful City of Sails and fun, Tāmaki Makaurau, for the APSAD Auckland 2018 Conference.

The Conference will showcase high quality and state of the art scientific research into treatment, prevention and policy while also providing an opportunity for practitioners to share their latest insights and lessons learnt. Wherever you have travelled from you will be warmly welcomed.

Find out more or register.


"If she cared about our communities, as a forensic toxicologist she could have mentioned the staggering amount of toxicity from smoking cigarettes and second-hand smoke and [said] that vaping doesn't compare."

General Manager for the National Tobacco Control Advocacy Mihi Blair on 'scaremongering' comments made on The AM Show by Dr Michelle Peace
Hāpai Te Hauora media release, 7 June 2018

"Any claims by tobacco companies about smuggling are dubious, and tobacco companies should be investigated and held to account for smuggling."

Dr Ulysses Dorotheo of the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance on new research that indicates the tobacco industry is behind most cigarette smuggling, The Nation, 16 June 2018


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