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Turning Point – quarterly magazine for smoking cessation workers
The first issue is now available and has been posted on the HIIRC website. Please let any of your colleagues in your organisation or network know who might benefit from this. If you or they wish to be added to the circulation list email carl_billington@moh.govt.nz. You can also email any feedback and suggestions you might have and will the magazine looks forward to profiling some of the great work being done in future issues. Call for Recommendations for 15th WCTOH Declaration
The 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) organising committee would like to invite you to submit suggested recommendations to be incorporated into the 15th WCTOH Declaration. Please submit no more than 10 recommendations which may be tied in with the following points:
Other recommendations which are not related to the above points but which you feel are critical to tobacco control are also welcome. Each recommendation should be specific, measurable and attainable. There should also be a specific timeframe within which it is to be achieved. It should be stated in one sentence and in no more than 40 words per recommendation. For each recommendation, please also state why it should be included in the declaration and how it can be measured. Example: Recommendation: At least 20 countries to have introduced plain packaging by 2015. Why: Research by Cancer Council Australia has shown that the introduction of plain packaging can reduce youth uptake rates for smoking. Furthermore, the adoption of plain packaging by other countries will support Australia in the upholding of this legislation which is facing massive opposition from the tobacco industry. How: The number of countries which have introduced plain packaging by 2015. Please send your suggested recommendations by 3 February 2012 to declarations@wctoh2012.org with the following information: Name: Organisation: Position in organisation: Country: Email address: Contact number: The Declaration Committee reserves the right to amend, refuse or use the recommendation in its entirety. We would like to thank you in advance for your contribution and look forward to seeing you in Singapore! Best Wishes, Māori Affairs Select Committee inquiry into the determinants of wellbeing for Māori children – deadline extended to 16 March
The new Select Committee members are:
"Every Child Counts will work with child-focused agencies between now and March to generate as many submissions as possible. This is the most significant opportunity we have ever had to advocate on behalf of Māori children," says Dr Hone Kaa from Every Child Counts. Given the major achievements of the MASC inquiry into the tobacco industry (with a similar approach in the terms of reference), the inquiry process is a huge opportunity to achieve the extent of change necessary for New Zealand children. Given the importance of the inquiry, we advocates will need to be well-organised to maximise its impact – we have learnt much from the tobacco inquiry. A message from Prudence Stone, Director of the Smokefree Coalition: "I urge all of you to request that your submissions be made in person to the Select Committee. Furthermore, I urge you all to rally submissions from your Māori caucuses, focus groups, advisors, kuia/kaumatua, youth ambassadors, and above all, from your Māori stakeholder communities. As there is no lead advocacy agency in our midst to rally submissions on behalf of Māori children, we must see it as our group responsibility to do so. Every Māori can contribute their story of growing up in Aotearoa, and relate to the Select Committee what were the social determinants of their well-being. The more Māori that do, the better chance this inquiry has of attaining public support for historical recommendations to government, like those achieved in the Māori Affairs Select Committee's last Inquiry on the tobacco industry and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori." Quitline Opening Hours – Christmas and New Years
The Contact Centre will be open for business as usual on 1, 2 and 3 January. Quitline will not run any television advertising during December. However, we will run a new Christmas and New Years online campaign. Pre-Election documentary on child povertyInside New Zealand presents: INSIDE CHILD POVERTY – A SPECIAL REPORT
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is pleased to inform of this important and timely documentary about Child Poverty in New Zealand. While the programme focuses on the Porirua and Wellington regions, it is informed by many interviews gathered across the country including those with CPAG executive members in Whangarei, Auckland and Wellington. We hope you will find the documentary informative and enlightening. Smokefree Coalition Annual General MeetingThe Smokefree Coalition will host its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 15 November, 4pm, at the Health Sponsorship Council, 3rd floor 181 Wakefield St Wellington. Membership of the Smokefree Coalition has continued to grow from 38 to 41 members in the last year, so for some the AGM will be an excellent first opportunity to introduce themselves, to celebrate what's been a big year, and get on the same page about the next steps in tobacco control for Aotearoa New Zealand. Please extend this invitation to all on your executive, policy, research and communications teams, and please RSVP by replying to this email to director@sfc.org.nz by the 11 November. Introductions will be started by the founding members: ASH, The Asthma Foundation, Heart Foundation, Cancer Society and Te Hotu Manawa Māori. Light food and refreshments will be served at 5pm. The guest speaker will be Paula Snowden, Chief Executive of The Quit Group, who will speak about her role this year as the Cancer Society's New Zealand ambassador at the World meeting on non-communicable diseases. Agenda
Our Board consists of a designated representative from each of the founding members; ASH, The Asthma Foundation, Cancer Society, Heart Foundation, Quit Group and Te Hotu Manawa Māori. The Board then appoints others from the Coalition membership, to give voice to the rest of the community. Appointed members currently include Professor Robert Beaglehole, Prior Policy Centre, Stephanie Erick, Tala Pasifika and Paula Snowden, Quit Group. There are currently no openings for new appointed members of the Board, so there will be no elections at this AGM. However please notify the Chairperson or Executive Director if you would like to discuss future appointments. We look very much forward to seeing you and/or representatives from your organisation there. Setting the agenda for a tupeka kore/tobacco free nation
Early in 2010, the Smokefree Coalition began disseminating its newly published document Achieving the Vision: Tupeka Kore Aotearoa/Tobacco Free New Zealand 2020 to New Zealand’s public health leaders. The document outlined the measures needed to protect all young people from exposure to tobacco, reduce demand for tobacco and support every smoker to quit before 2020. The final steps involved achieving buy-in from the New Zealand public, while gaining government’s cooperation to implement key (legislative) measures. The Vision’s champions knew they needed the support and faith of a wider community. Achieving the Vision has proven to be a new 'language' spoken in New Zealand tobacco talk. Whenever a public health authority is questioned on tobacco use in the media, they now refer to the three objectives, and talk inside a timeframe for reducing all tobacco rates to near zero by 2020. 'Singing from the same songsheet' has proven an effective tool for engendering public belief in the Vision for 2020. It has also had surprising and rapid buy in from New Zealand’s government. Achieving the Vision was handed to all members of the Māori Affairs Select Committee during its inquiry into the tobacco industry and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori in 2010. The Minister of Health, Tony Ryal,l and Associate Minister of Health Tariana Turia were also sent copies. In March this year, Minister Turia announced in government's response to the Māori Affairs Report on its inquiry, that it accepted the recommendation for government to commit to making New Zealand "essentially smokefree by 2025". "Essentially smokefree" was qualified as meaning reducing tobacco's prevalence and uptake rates to near zero for both Māori and the nation at large. Despite the five year difference in timelines Aotearoa/New Zealand surely appears on track to move toward a tupeka kore/tobacco free future. The mandate has been given and true partnerships have been forged amongst a united and broadening public health sector and government. Already the increase in intensity is reflected in a schedule of tobacco tax increases and the removal of tobacco products from retail display. The Vision for 2020 has provided us with a catalyst for social movement, greater coalition, and above all a strategy to send the tobacco industry once and for all from our shores. Session Outline: Chairperson for the symposium: Dr Jan Pearson, New Zealand Cancer Society Sue Taylor, Te Reo Marama Chair: An Evaluative Process, from the beginning Emeritus Professor Robert Beaglehole: Teasing out new key messages from all the evidence Dr Prudence Stone, Smokefree Coalition Director and Skye Kimura, Cancer Society National Tobacco Control Advisor: Turning the Vision into an instrument of social movement Stephanie Erick, Tala Pasifika Director: Taking Action for our own communities Māori, Pacific and Youth grants available to Tobacco Control SeminarsDuring November tobacco control sector seminars will take place in four regions around the country. The seminars will provide an excellent chance for tobacco control workers to gain an insight into the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and to contribute to building a strategic approach to tobacco control while you catch-up with your colleagues. The seminars will run from 9am to 4pm and will be held in:
Click here to register for a seminar near you. Find out more about the agenda and presentations. Please note: Registration is not open to individuals who have any current or previous affiliations with any tobacco company. Sponsorship for Māori and Pacific delegatesThe Smokefree Coalition will sponsor registration for 40 Māori and Pacific delegates. To apply, please describe in 300 words or less your role, and the difference you will make in helping Māori and Pacific communities to become tobacco free. Sponsorship for Youth Development delegates availableThe Smokefree Coalition will also sponsor registration for 10 delegates working with youth and their prevention of smoking uptake. To apply, please describe in 300 words or less your role and the difference you hope to make preventing children from taking up smoking. Please note you do not have to be a health worker to apply. If you know of Māori and Pacific leaders or anyone working with youth who wish to champion tobacco control in their community, please forward this information to them and encourage them to apply. World No Tobacco Day 2012The World Health Organization (WHO) selects "tobacco industry interference" as the theme of the next World No Tobacco Day, which will take place on Thursday 31 May 2012. The campaign will focus on the need to expose and counter the tobacco industry's brazen and increasingly aggressive attempts to undermine the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) because of the serious danger they pose to public health. Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death. The global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each year, of which more than 600,000 are people exposed to second-hand smoke. Unless we act, it will kill up to 8 million people by 2030, of which more than 80% will live in low- and middle-income countries. As more and more countries move to fully meet their obligations under the WHO FCTC, the tobacco industry's efforts to undermine the treaty are becoming more and more energetic. For example, in an attempt to halt the adoption of pictorial health warnings on packages of tobacco, the industry recently adopted the novel tactic of suing countries under bilateral investment treaties, claiming that the warnings impinge the companies' attempts to use their legally-registered brands. Wellington's Election Forum 2011
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Achieving the Vision Presentation 3 October
You are invited to attend a Presentation by Smokefree Coalition Executive Director Dr Prudence Stone. 3 October 2011 Dr Stone will put in context the priority actions set inside the sector's vision and strategy document Achieving the Vision, now that we have the government's commitment to making Aotearoa New Zealand smokefree by 2025. She will also give an update on national developments and initiatives. The presentation will be of interest to all staff, services, providers and stakeholders working within smokefree and will be followed by questions, answers and a general discussion. For further information please contact Aroha Sinclair, Auckland Regional Public Health Service, Email arohas@adhb.govt.nz, 021 032 6090. All are welcome to attend. Pregnancy, tobacco and the Rugy World Cup?The next time New Zealand gets a chance to host the RWC again in about 20 or so years, we will be a tobacco-free country. So it's quite conceivable and heartening to know that we are currently working with the generation who in 20 years from now, will host the first ever RWC in a tobacco-free country – thanks to Decision 2025. When one looks at our tobacco and public health landscape today, there is much to be optimistic and cheerful about. We can now talk confidently about elimination instead of control and there is no doubt that the government's commitment to bring an end to tobacco use in New Zealand has not only energised our sector as never before, but there is a renewed urgency around our activities now. It is becoming more obvious that as far as tobacco is concerned, we are regaining control of our health and wellbeing. It's about time. Our symposium on Friday 30 September 2011, 9:00am – 12:30pm will focus on how this new environment will shape our approach to the work that we do with our pregnant women and their families. Our new ABC training modules and resources will also be demonstrated. Pregnant women and their families are a key priority group for us so no explanation needed. But what we can say is that in helping our mothers to be smokefree today, they will raise healthy and smokefree families who will look back on this year’s RWC and remember it as the last of an era that we have left behind. We have prepared a half-days' worth of work for us – giving everyone a chance to get away just after lunch. We look forward to having you all. Contact Stephanie Erick, Programme Manager, Tala Pasifika to find out more. Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025 tobacco control sector seminarsIf you work in tobacco control and want to catch up with colleagues, gain insight into the smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal, and contribute to building a strategic approach to tobacco control – then put one of these dates in your diary Auckland – Wednesday 2 November 2011 Draft Programme
A registration form will be available on the HSC website shortly for registrations. If people would like to register their interest prior to this, please email Donna Harding, donna@hsc.org.nz, including your contact details and which seminar you would like to attend. 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
20-24 March 2012, Singapore The abstract and scholarship submission deadline for this conference has been extended until 15 August 2011. Submissions are encouraged in the area of tobacco control that are original, innovative and timely. All abstracts will be reviewed on the basis of merit by an international panel of reviewers and assigned to appropriate sessions. Submit your abstracts, if your abstract is not one of the thousands already submitted for the oral or poster presentation sessions! Apply for a scholarship, if you are a tobacco control professional working or living in a low or middle income country and meet our criteria! Register today to reserve your seat, and save up to SGD400! Some inspiration to help you start planning your region's next World Smokefree Day event
For Te Ha Oranga Community Health Worker, Kathy Fulop the World Smokefree Day's message to assert yourself 'Me mutu – kia kaha / Give quitting a go – you can do it!', which coincided beautifully with the theme for Youth Week 'STEP UP! Be heard, Take responsibility, Be YOUth'. On Saturday 21 May a Hip Hop Street Dance Workshop, organised by the Kaipara Youth Networking Committee, was held at the local Youth Centre featuring local youth dance crew The Kids Next Door who qualified for Hip Hop Street Dance Nationals this year. They placed 11th in New Zealand. Between 20-30 youth attended this workshop with some extremely positive outcomes, not only on the dance floor with some cool dance moves, but also some extremely positive role modelling on behalf of the Dance Crew and their Smokefree influences. The Dance Crew performed at a “RAVE” hosted by the Kaipara Youth Networking Committee Friday 27 May. The “RAVE” attracted around 200 youth aged 13 – 18 years. These events were smokefree/alcohol free/drug free/violence free. The aim was to create a fun supportive environment for our youth that encourages positive role modelling. When youth are having fun they are extremely easy to communicate with and are open with their opinions, providing an opportunity to engage with them and talk about WSFD, Smokefree and Quit. Smokefree co-ordinators were on hand to make contact with youth seeking help on quitting or wanting information on becoming smokefree in their homes for their whānau. Resource Spotlight: Ask about the elephant GP toolkit
We have added an electronic copy of each of these resources to the Primary Care section of the HIIRC website. The resources include:
A couple of other summary and overview resources have been added to the page as well. American Institute for Cancer Research Conference 2011Food, nutrition, physical activity and cancer We hope you will join us at the 2011 American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR)
Research Conference on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer 3-4 November, in Washington DC.
Register by 10 October to take advantage of the early bird rate!
Visit our website to register, view the full programme and speaker biographies, and for information on poster abstract submission and scholarships. Much of the world doesn't see anti-tobacco advertising; what can be done?
Despite some dismaying statistics, however, the report does contain some encouraging news – campaigns are happening in both low- and middle- income countries as well as high-income countries. World Lung Foundation (WLF) alone has supported 64 anti-tobacco campaigns in 18 countries, viewed by an estimated 643 million people. WLF's Sandra Mullin weighed in on the report, stressing the importance of mass media campaigns across the globe. "We are turning the tobacco industry's own tools against it, globalising anti-tobacco advertising in order to make it easy to spread the message: tobacco causes illness and death." E-cigarette symposium
This symposium, chaired by Associate Professor Peter Adams, aims to inform the tobacco control sector about the current scientific knowledge around the use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Devices (ENDS, but often referred to as e-cigarettes). Topics covered
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Questions will be taken from the floor at the end of the formal presentations Date: Thursday 11th August 2011 Limited spaces are available, so please register your attendance by 5pm, 4th August, by emailing k.bos@ctru.auckland.ac.nz. Light refreshments and plenty of parking will be available. Postgraduate Studies, Public Health
It's time to expand your mind. We currently have spaces available on our Diploma of Public Health programme. The programme is designed to meet the education and training requirements of a wide range of people working in, or with an interest in, health and the health services. It is particularly designed to develop public health and health policy skills and to enable the sharing of information and experiences in a cooperative, collegial learning environment. The Diploma in Public Health is open to graduates from health and other disciplines. It is a one year full-time (or two year part-time) course, and includes papers in areas such as epidemiology, health policy, environmental health and health promotion. If you are not sure if you want to commit to a Diploma (4 papers), you can start by taking a single paper or a Certificate in Public Health (2 papers). Students who complete the Diploma of Public Health to a high standard may proceed to a Master of Public Health either by thesis or two DPH papers and a dissertation. You can study as a full time or part time student. The papers available in the forthcoming semester are:
Full details of the course are available at www.wnmeds.ac.nz/academic/dph/postgrad/. Here you can download a prospectus which includes an outline of all the available papers, and application forms. If interested, you will need to apply soon as the semester's teaching begins between 10 and 14 July. If you want to have a chat about any aspect of the DPH programme, please contact Di Sarfati (DPH convenor): 04 918 6042 or diana.sarfati@otago.ac.nz. Paper: Public health law and public health ethicsUniversity of Otago, Wellington, Department of Public Health Distance based This paper will equip participants with an understanding of the framework, scope and content of public health law in New Zealand, and the impact of international law. It will also analyse concepts of public health ethics and apply them to particular public health topics. Students will analyse the scope and content of core public health law in New Zealand; discuss ethical issues in international law and its impact on public health law; and assess and comment constructively on existing public health law in New Zealand and proposals for new law. Areas of public health law that are covered include law relating to: communicable disease, screening, immunisation, environmental health, tobacco, illegal drugs, alcohol, food and radiation. The paper will run in the second semester of 2011. The paper is distance based, with two block courses at the Wellington campus, each of two days. The paper begins on 10 July (a Sunday). No examination: internal assessment. For more information: contact Louise Delany who will be coordinating the paper: louise.delany@otago.ac.nz. This paper will be valuable for health workers, public health practitioners, policy staff in government agencies (central and local) and non-government organisation, as well as those lawyers keen on extending their skills in the health sector. Access to a computer will be required to enable access to Blackboard (through the web). Blackboard participation will not be 'real-time'. One-pager references for Smoking Cessation PharmacotherapiesIf you prescribe or issue pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation then these one-pager references will take you no time to read and are handy to refer to when discussing therapies with patients. The pharmacotherapies work slightly differently to Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and in many cases can be used in conjunction with NRT to manage high dependency. The trick is to ensure that a full course of treatment is taken (12 weeks) to maximise success and to ensure that smoking cessation support or follow up is available for patients. Varenicline (Champix), Bupropion (Zyban) and Nortriptyline are all subsidised giving patients options and a greater chance of becoming smokefree. Click here for more. University of Tasmania Elite PhD Scholarship Opportunity: Cognitive and Behavioural support for cigarette smokers trying to quitThe University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia is currently offering an Elite PhD Scholarship as part of an NHMRC-funded study evaluating a cognitive and behavioural support program designed to assist smokers attempting to quit. Click here to find out more. Elite scholarships are valued at AUD$30,000 tax free per annum, and successful candidates also receive a laptop computer. A site visit can be arranged for promising Australian and NZ applicants. Find more details on Elite Scholarships. A message from the Health Promotion Forum (HPF) – Christchurch earthquake
We are relieved to hear that our whanau and colleagues at CPH, Mental Health Foundation, Pacific Trust Canterbury and He Oranga Pounamu are okay and we hope everyone we know is safe and well. We admire the wonderful efforts of the rescue crews and everyone working to care for and support those around them. Children are particularly vulnerable following such a trauma and there are some links on the HPF web site which may help. We are disappointed to hear of scammers taking advantage of people willing to donate in a crisis. Please be careful and only donate to organisations you are confident that are legitimate such as Red Cross or Ngāi Tahu. Below are some important links. Whānau are asking about whether the Earthquake Charitable Trust Account that was opened after 4 September is still open. The answer is yes, and funds will be used for Ngāi Tahu Whānui, all other members of all iwi in the affected region, and the wider community. The account is at the ANZ (account number 01 0797 0460281 01). Oceania Tobacco Control Conference 2011
Cancer Council Australia is pleased to announce that Cancer Council Queensland has been selected to host the 2011 Oceania Tobacco Control Conference in Brisbane from Tuesday 18th to Thursday 20th October 2011. Mark your diary and join the world’s leading health experts at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre for the Oceania region’s foremost leadership summit on tobacco control. The conference is expected to inspire new partnerships in tobacco control, continuing the agenda for change agreed at the 2009 Conference in Darwin. If you want to influence action on smoking and improve international standards in preventative health, mark your diary today and express your interest in pre-conference workshops and meetings on Monday 17 October by contacting Joanna Lam. Find out more at www.oceaniatc2011.org. Tobacco-free Aotearoa Conference presentations now availablePowerPoint presentations from the recent Tobacco-free Aotearoa Conference are now up on the conference website: www.smokefree.co.nz/conference2010/programme.html. Click the number for the relevant presentation in the programme. Tobacco free New Zealand 2020; Achieving the Vision – now availableThe Smokefree Coalition launched its Achieving the Vision 2020 background document Tupeka Kore Aotearoa 2020 Tobacco Free New Zealand 2020 Achieving the Vision in early 2010. Included in the background documents is a timeline outlining the actions necessary to achieve the Vision. You can order free printed copies of Tupeka Kore Aotearoa 2020 Tobacco Free New Zealand 2020 Achieving the Vision by emailing Smokefree Coalition Director Prudence Stone or download a web version here (PDF approx 2Mb). Teachers' Say About SmokefreeTeachers Say About Smokefree is a survey that was conducted by researchers at the School of Population Health, University of Auckland between August and October, 2008. They randomly selected 2000 teachers from the electoral roll and invited them to complete the survey. In total 1412 completed surveys were received. This study was funded by the Ministry of Health. The research was carried out by Dr Marewa Glover, Donna Watson, Dr Judith McCool, and Dr Chris Bullen from the School of Population Health, University of Auckland, and Dr Brian Adams from the National Heart Foundation. Teachers were invited to participate in the study which aimed to find out what teachers think about smokefree issues, such as the law that made all schools/kura/and early childhood centres smokefree from 2004. Find out more and order a copy of the report. New International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project research on graphic health warningsPlease see below for new ITC Project (NZ) research on graphic health warnings in New Zealand. A full list of our research outputs is at the ITC Project website.
PhD opportunities offered in three-year Marsden-funded social science projectFunded Māori PhD scholarship! Funded Pacific PhD scholarship! Flaunting it on Facebook: young adults, drinking stories and the cult of celebrity Potential Massey University Māori and Pacific candidates with academic backgrounds in a relevant social science discipline, such as Kaupapa Māori research, health psychology, social psychology, sociology, Māori studies, or media studies, are being sought to discuss these scholarship opportunities. The project is a collaboration between Dr Antonia Lyons and team at the School of Psychology, Massey University (Wellington) and a team from Whariki Research Group led by Associate Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes (Massey University, Auckland). See www.pha.org.nz/announcements.html#10030901 for more. Smokefree Coalition submission to the Māori Affairs Select CommitteeClick here to view the Smokefree Coalition's submission to the Māori Affairs Select Committee inquiry into the tobacco industry in Aotearoa and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori. Read all submissions at the Parliament website. Are you presenting your submission orally? If you would like help preparing your presentation to the Māori Affairs Select Committee, please contact director@sfc.org.nz. The Globalisation of Tobacco Use: 21 Challenges For The 21st CenturyCA Cancer J Clin 2010; 60:50-61 Thomas Glynn, PhD, John R. Seffrin, PhD, Otis W. Brawley, MD, Nathan Grey, MPH and Hana Ross, PhD Abstract: The globalisation of tobacco began more than 500 years ago, but the public health response to the death, disease, and economic disruption that it has caused is fewer than 50 years old. In this report, the authors briefly trace the history of tobacco use and commerce as it moved from the Americas in the late 15th century and then eastward. They then discuss the wide range of issues that must be addressed, and the equally wide range of expertise that is needed if the global health community is to be successful in reducing, and eventually eliminating, the rising tide of tobacco use, particularly in the low- and middle-income nations that are the target of the multinational tobacco industry. Download the publication here. Rebutting the tobacco industry, winning smokefree air – 2009 Status Report On 10 November 2009, the Global Smokefree Partnership launched its 2009 status report, Rebutting the tobacco industry, winning smokefree air. The theme for the report is tobacco industry interference. Rebutting the tobacco industry, winning smokefree air is the first report to detail the tobacco industry’s tactics to hold back legislation, alongside the positive impact of governments, organizations and individuals who are taking on Big Tobacco, and winning. The biggest barrier to smokefree air is the multinational tobacco companies who stand to lose billions of dollars if smokefree laws are implemented. From fake “science” to buying influence, and from scare stories to cover-ups, tobacco companies continue to devote their considerable wealth to stopping smokefree laws in every region of the world. Download Rebutting the tobacco industry, winning smokefree air.
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The Ministry of Health has been working to develop a quarterly magazine for New Zealand smoking cessation workers – with the aim of supporting consistency in approach in relation to the Tier One service specifications, as well as sharing success stories and best practice examples together, and highlighting emerging research to increase the information and support available to cessation workers across New Zealand.
The Quitline Contact Centre will be closed from close of business Friday 23 December until Saturday 31 December 2011 inclusive. Those wanting to quit smoking can still get full support at our 
In 2010, the Ministry of Health sent ABC toolkits to practices around the country with various resources to support and simplify the ABC approach.
This July, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Report on the Global Tobacco
Epidemic, 2011 revealed some disturbing statistics – 70 percent of the world’s
population saw no national tobacco counter-advertising in the last two years.
Addiction Research Network Seminar Series, held in conjunction with the Clinical Trials Research Unit
University of Otago Wellington
The staff and Board of HPF are deeply saddened by the events of the last days in Christchurch. Our sympathy and concern goes out to those who have lost loved ones, and those who have been traumatised or injured.