Legislation now entering parliament aims to make Aotearoa New Zealand smokefree by 2025. Forecast effects show huge potential health gains, especially for Māori.
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E-cigarettes are facing calls for complete bans on their sale. A tobacco addiction researcher explores the balance between vaping’s harm to teens and potential use as a tool for quitting smoking.
When the age of sale was increased from 16 to 18 in 2007 in the UK, there was a fall in youth smoking rates.
Water and energy prices are fixed, so why not do the same with cigarettes?
The number of smokers in Africa is projected to increase.
The number of people who die from climate change each year is roughly the same as the number of people who die from tobacco use.
As the comment period begins for the FDA’s proposed ban, public health experts explain the stakes.
Traditionally marketed to women, banning menthol tobacco flavouring would make a moderate impact on smoking harms. Australia is behind many other countries.
The health risks of e-cigarettes outweigh any benefits, a comprehensive review of the evidence shows.
How can we help pregnant women quit smoking, for their health and that of their unborn child, when substitutes and other methods seem less effective during this period?
There are three pathways through which parental smoking has an effect on children’s academic, social and emotional skills. They include health effects of second-hand smoke, and family income.
Genes and environments almost always combine to influence our risk of diseases. Research in twins has helped us understand how.
Tobacco smoking results in DNA changes to a much greater magnitude than vaping
Three tobacco-flavored cartridges and a vaping device have been approved by the FDA for sale in the US. It comes after a decadelong debate over e-cigarettes.
How the ‘smoker’s paradox’ went up in a puff of smoke.
From October 1, Australians will only be able to buy e-cigarettes containing nicotine if they have a prescription from a doctor. But there’s another evidence-based way to help more smokers quit.
E-cigarettes are an effective way to help people quit smoking.
Plus, new research from Indonesia on the relationship between cigarette advertising near schools and children smoking.
Vaping is changing how smoking is depicted on our television and cinema screens. Where once cigarettes were portrayed as glamorous, vaping is linked with stress and struggle.
Despite being widely viewed as a safer alternative to tobacco, e-cigarettes aren’t harmless, especially to adolescents. But social media is rife with glossy content that makes vaping look fun and cool.
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney
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Research Officer, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct researcher, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath
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Professor of Public Health/Director, Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Reader in Social Sciences and Health, Cardiff University
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Assistant Professor in Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University
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Head, Tobacco Control Research Program, Menzies School of Health Research
