Campaigning to end deaths from smoking since 1984. No conflicts of interest, or funds from tobacco, gambling, vape or Pharma industries.
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4 Aug 2023
Finding all the vaping hype confusing? We recommend this really helpful peer reviewed mythbuster on vaping from our colleagues at ASH UK.
🆕Addressing common myths about vaping: Putting the evidence in context
This new briefing has been peer-reviewed by 16 leading clinical and academic experts on vaping, nicotine and tobacco addiction.
It rebuts the top 6 most-repeated myths about vaping.
ash.org.uk/resources/view/ad…
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1/3 PSA: MoH issued a recall on Suntree Vanilla (30ml)vape liquid for high diacetyl content. Follow recall advice, but if you smoked don't relapse! Vaping is not risk free, but is still way less harmful than tobacco. Including lower exposure to diacetyl. health.govt.nz/news/vaping-p…
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2/3 Worst case scenario: Comparing a 10 a day smoker (10 puffs per cigarette) and a 300 puff a-day vaper using recalled diacetyl volumes, exposure for smokers is still 1400% higher (likely much more) And it's far from the worst thing you inhale in cigarettes and not in vapes.
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3/3 And don't let the popcorn lung thing scare you. There have been no confirmed cases of popcorn lung linked to e-cigarettes, or cigarettes. Only use legal e-cigarettes from a reputable retailer. cancerresearchuk.org/about-c…
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6 Jul 2025
A year after publication, @NZStuff apologised today for misleading stories they published about ASH. Stuff have also made a generous donation to ASH. This will support our independent advocacy to end deaths from smoking. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36074038…
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27 Mar 2025
We understand vaping, smoking and young people are emotive issues. We all want the same outcome, but we hope this ruling published by @BSA_NZ helps set a standard for fair and balanced reporting, and holding all sides to account.
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27 Mar 2025
Our complaint about fair reporting saw five breaches of fairness, accuracy and balance standards by @NZStuff reporting on ASH last year. Described as “at the higher end of the spectrum of seriousness” & “falling well short of journalistic expectations”
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27 Mar 2025
“The broadcast created a misleading, unbalanced and unfairly negative impression of the complainant, by favouring particular (critical) perspectives, while failing to adequately present ASH’s position in response. This undermined the public interest in the story"
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26 Mar 2025
Reports on ASH breached standards and fell well short of journalistic expectations. See our media release:
bsa.govt.nz/news/bsa-news/ne…
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3 Feb 2025
As smoking rates have plummeted, and are concentrated in our least wealthy communities Skycity Casino wants a larger deck to keep them smoking while playing pokies. rnz.co.nz/news/business/5407…
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27 Jan 2025
Sensible evidence based comment on the UKs swap to stop scheme.
Action is needed to encourage dual users to fully switch to vaping. The Government should maintain investment in the swap-to-stop scheme for vapes and counter these misperceptions through targeted communications.
dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art…
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🔗Links of the week🔗
1⃣@FreshSmokeFree hosted a seminar on tobacco addiction and nicotine dependency which is available to watch online. The session features Ailsa Rutter, Director of Fresh, and Dr Sharon Cox, Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group at UCL.
youtube.com/watch?v=Xwi-nRS4…
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26 Jun 2024
Well done to our friends @nzdrug for this excellent report outlining a vision for health based approaches to drug harm
26 Jun 2024
This #SupportDontPunish Day of Action, we’re calling for a sector funding boost to shift New Zealand’s approach to drugs away from punishment and towards healthcare & #harmreduction.
Read more: drugfoundation.org.nz/articl…
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25 Jun 2024
This seems a concerning step up for illicit tobacco in Aotearoa with the seizure of factory tools for making illegal cigarettes, and forged packaging.
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4 Jun 2024
An honour to be invited to join an expert panel with Professors Ann McNeill of @KingsAddictions and Ken Warner of @umichsph at the first ever E-cigarette education session at the world's largest cancer conference this week. #ASCO24.
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7 May 2024
'Tobacco addiction and nicotine dependence'. A must read for anyone with an interest in smoking and nicotine. By the brilliant @Sharon_ACox , president of the Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Europe
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20 Jan 2023
If smokers (who had no plans to quit) continue to use an #ecig with cigarette-like nicotine delivery, a greater proportion completely switch to nicotine ecigs, as compared with placebo or a cigarette substitute. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
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15 Feb 2024
A pleasure chatting to @SkyNewsAust @ljayes this morning about the different approaches to vaping in New Zealand and Australia and why a ban fails kids, keeps adults smoking and ultimately costs lives. skynews.com.au/lifestyle/hea…
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15 Feb 2024
Because we believe in transparency, we’ll also save @HealthCoA some time and share our correspondence. No secret that we are trying to navigate ways forward. assets.nationbuilder.com/ash…
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15 Feb 2024
Disappointing that @HealthCoA lump ASH in with tobacco industry in an OIA request rather than ask us. Is a smear campaign coming our way? On the record ASH has no $$$ or COI with tobacco, vape, alcohol, gambling, pharmaceutical, retail, food, or billionaire philanthropist
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