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Royal Society of NZ Winter Lectures: Janet Hoek"Nanny state or canny state? The case for marketing regulation" The University of Otago is running a series of Winter lectures at the Royal Society of NZ. The coming lecture at 6pm on 18 August will be presented by Professor Janet Hoek. Janet's main research interests are in marketing and public policy and she is a Principal Investigator at the Centre for Translational Research into Chronic Disease – Obesity at the University of Otago. Janet is a Principal Investigator in a research consortium evaluating the Ministry of Health's Healthy Eating, Healthy Action strategy, and was appointed an expert advisor to the Health Select Committee Enquiry into Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity. This year's schedule is an exciting line up of topics from lecturers who are involved in leading research within the University. Each lecture is about an hour in length and will include a question and answer session. Following the lecture we will be offering finger food and refreshments where you will have the opportunity to meet the lecturer and talk with other attendees. INVOLVE 2010 Connect: Together We Are Stronger 17-19 November 2010Māori keynote confirmed It is with great pleasure that we announce that Te Rawhitiroa Bosch (Whaingaroa, Te Mauri Tau / Enviroschools) has been confirmed as the Māori keynote for Involve 2010. "Kōtuia ki Te Aho Tū Roa, whiria kia ū, kia tū roa ai, mo ake tonu atu e!" Te Rawhitiroa is the National Youth Coordinator for the Enviroschools Foundation working with the Kōtuia! crew leading Te Aho Tū Roa - Kōtuia! working with rangatahi Māori in wharekura and communities around Aotearoa to connect: People to People, People to Place. Please visit www.involve.org.nz for the bios of the 2010 Keynotes – Karen Pitman and Dr Terryann Clark, including the full bio for Te Rawhitiroa Bosch, and a link to his blog. There's lots more information about the conference there as well. APACT 2010 conferenceFCTC in the Asia Pacific: Change, Challenge and Progress The Asia Pacific Association for the Control of Tobacco invites you to register for APACT 2010 in Sydney this October. APACT 2010 is being held from 6-9 October 2010 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, NSW, Australia. For more than 20 years APACT has been a crossroads for those in the Asia Pacific region working to reduce the burden of tobacco caused disease. It is the premier tobacco control conference for the Asia Pacific region and the focus this year is on FCTC in the Asia Pacific: Change, Challenge and Progress. APACT 2010 aims to encourage tobacco control and public health advocates, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and especially youth leaders to share experiences and discuss strategies for implementation of the FCTC and for dealing with the tobacco industry. Click here to register or find out more. Dr Wigand Select Committee presentation live online
The webcast can be viewed at http://www.r2.co.nz/20100623/. Clicking the "View in pop-up player" link should automatically start up Windows Media Player, which will then automatically make the connection to the live feed. Other interviews online:
Read Smokefree Coalition Director Dr Prudence Stone's welcome speech to Dr Wigand given at the high tea held in his honour at the Wellesley Hotel, Wellington, on the afternoon of 23 June 2010 (includes pictures) [PDF 385Kb].
Youth Parliament 2010 Health Select CommitteeSelect Committee Inquiry into creating a smokefree generation of young Kiwis by 2020 Please show support for our submissions by attending this event. A unique opportunity to inspire New Zealand’s future leaders, and develop with them their ideas and ambassadorship surrounding the Tobacco Free/Tupeka Kore Vision for 2020 – that future generations will be free from exposure to tobacco and will enjoy Smokefree lives. Witnesses
DRAFT Addiction Intervention Competency Framework June 2010A competency framework for professionals specialising in Problem Gambling Intervention, Alcohol and other Drug Treatment and Smoking Cessation Treatment The DRAFT Addiction Intervention Competency Framework June 2010 is now available for consultation. Your feedback is invited. The draft will be revised on the basis of feedback. A summary feedback report will be available on request on 30 September 2010 (email your request to hsd@xtra.co.nz). The revised Framework will be completed by 1 December 2010.
To provide feedback in person, register for the PG National Provider Forum 23 July 2010, Wellington and/or the Addiction Leadership Day, 22 July 2010 Auckland. For further information lease contact Paula Parsonage (Dapaanz Contractor) – 09 3781843 or hsd@xtra.co.nz. Tea with special guest Dr Jeffrey Wigand – 'The Insider'Dr Jeffrey Wigand was the one who blew the whistle on the tobacco industry in a now famous 60 Minutes interview 15 years ago. He said tobacco companies deliberately manipulate the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. His inside knowledge was gained as head of research at a US tobacco company and his actions were portrayed by Russell Crowe in the 1999 film The Insider. Dr Wigand is visiting New Zealand to share expert testimony with the Māori Affairs Select Committee. He will also be presenting a series of lectures around the country. These will be a great chance to learn from one of the world's most renowned experts the secrets the tobacco industry never wanted known. You are invited to High Tea with Dr Wigand at the Wellesley Hotel in Wellington (2-8 Maginnity St) on Wednesday 23 June at 2.30pm. Attendance is free but places are limited. Please RSVP to Smokefree Coalition Director Prudence Stone (director@sfc.org.nz or 04 472 0157) by 18 June. Lecture dates and venues are as follows: Auckland – Monday 21 June – Powhiri for Dr Jeffery Wigand Auckland – Monday 21 June, 3-5pm
Wellington – Tuesday 22 June, 1-2pm Christchurch – Thursday 24 June,
10.30-11.30am Dunedin – Thursday 24 June, 4-5pm 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). Speech given by Dr Prudence Stone at the Gisborne Cancer Society youth debateMay 31 World Smokefree Day
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| Affirmative team; won Rory McCourt, Lytton High Sam Whittle, Girls High Moana Mackey, MP |
Negative team; lost Storme Hitaua, Boys High Jack Watling, Campion College Craig Bauld, Councillor |
Congratulations to both teams for representing what is currently a national debate: whether government should remove tobacco from display at retail outlets. The Smokefree Coalition supports government to introduce this measure; it is one of our nation's treaty obligations, as a signatory to the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Department of Public Health – Lunchtime Seminar
Friday 28 May 2010
12.30pm to 1.30pm
"Daring to dream – lessons for the tobacco endgame"
Presenter: Richard Edwards
The 'Daring to dream' research project explored reactions to a range of 'endgame' solutions for ending tobacco smoking in New Zealand. This seminar presents some results and then describes the proposal for a practical means to achieving a Tupeka Kore Aotearoa through a 'sinking lid' approach to tobacco supply. Developed by a group of researchers from the Department of Public Health, this proposal was recently presented to the Māori Affairs Select Committee inquiry into the tobacco industry and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori.
Richard Edwards is a Professor of Public Health at the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington. His main research interests are in tobacco control and evaluation. He trained in medicine and public health in the UK and came to Wellington in 2005.
Nordmeyer Lecture Theatre
University of Otago, Wellington
23A Mein Street, Newtown, Wellington
Have you been involved in a tobacco control project that made a real and positive impact? If so we would love to hear from you at the Smokefree Futures: Tobacco Control Conference, 11-12 October 2010 in Cardiff, Wales.
We want to hear from tobacco control practitioners about innovative and groundbreaking projects and ideas that fall within the theme of the conference i.e. Smokefree Futures. The conference will provide practitioners with the opportunity to submit their projects as either oral or poster presentations. Any relevant tobacco control subject relating to the conference theme will be considered.
The conference organisers will make the final decision regarding acceptance and the form of presentation.
The closing date for submission of abstracts is the 11th June. Abstract submission forms can be downloaded at www.smoking-conference-wales.org.uk/call-for-papers.php.
And while you are visiting the conference website please do have a look at the exciting line up of plenary and workshop speakers in the conference programme.
You can register on line at www.smoking-conference-wales.org.uk/registration.php.
Teachers 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.
Co-hosted by the Public Health Association and Child Poverty Action Group
Friday 21 May 2010 7:15am-8.45 am
St John's Conference Centre, Cnr Willis and Dixon Streets, Wellington
Join us for breakfast and hear how local commentators score the 2010 Budget.
Chairperson: Mike Coleman from Every Child Counts.
Speakers:
Cost: $15.00 for PHA members and unwaged workers, $20.00 otherwise. Please pay by cash or cheque only on the day. Receipts will be available.
Register by email to postbudget@paradise.net.nz. Book now and secure your seat to this event. Registrations are required for catering purposes.
Please 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.
Funded 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.
The new Public Health Leadership Programme (PHLP) begins in July 2010. Applications close 16 April 2010.
PHLP is a residential leadership programme designed for public health leaders in New Zealand. The programme is funded by the Ministry of Health and has been developed following extensive consultation with the sector. PHLP builds leadership competencies identified as important for leaders in public health. The programme has been developed by Catapult (specialist leadership and organisational performance consultancy) and Quigley and Watts (public health specialists).
PHLP comprises two distinct programmes, one for ‘New Leaders’ and one for ‘Experienced Leaders’. Each programme has a six-day residential leadership component delivered as three two-day sessions. In 2010 three courses will be offered in Wellington, two for new leaders and one for experienced leaders. A further six courses will be offered during 2011-2012.
Dates:
Applications are open now for 2010 programmes. Visit the Public Health Workforce website for information and online application.
Click 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.
Nurses are key to achieving smoking cessation targets.
Hayden McRobbie will discuss practical aspects of smoking cessation in different settings and overview support and reporting in DHBs and primary care.
Jennifer Percival RN, HV, MW, Dip counseling, Dip teaching is visiting New Zealand. She will discuss the importance of the role of nurses in tobacco control, outline the barriers faced by many nurses undertaking this work and give examples of global nursing achievements.
Wellington: 3-5pm, Friday 12 March at the Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, Victoria University of Wellington, Level 8 – Room 801, Clinical Services Block, Wellington Hospital (download flyer).
Auckland: 4-6 pm Thursday 25 March, Room AA 236, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University, Akoranga Campus, Akoranga Drive, Northcote (download flyer).
These free seminars are for nurses or those who work with nurses. They count as two hours professional development and, as space is limited, attendees must contact Lynn Stevenson to register and for further details: lynn.stevenson@aut.ac.nz.
CA 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.
This "hands on" practical course will be taught from a student centred interactive basis relating theory to students' own experiences, knowledge and skills.
The course will be delivered part time with two four day "on course" teaching blocks. Students will be expected to commence their learning prior to the "on course" blocks. This means applications should be in at least two weeks before the course start date.
AUT University is offering a Smoking Cessation paper in March. This paper ran successfully in 2008 and 2009. It is a great opportunity to enhance your knowledge and practice.
"Smoking Cessation" with Hayden McRobbie – 5-day block course 24, 25, 26, 27 & 28 March 2010
For more information contact Course Information Centre, 0800 AUT UNI (0800 288 864), email: courseinfo@aut.ac.nz or the programme coordinator Helen Warren, Phone: (09) 921 9679, email:
helen.warren@aut.ac.nz.
Dr Hayden McRobbie (smoking cessation paper) is well known in NZ and internationally. He aims to enhance your smoking cessation practice skills with in-depth knowledge and understanding in a five day series of engaging interactive workshops. Hayden played a major role in writing and implementing the New Zealand Smoking Cessation Guidelines.
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.
APACT 2010 will offer a limited number of scholarships for young leaders under the age of 45. the young leader scholarship recognises those that have made a significant contribution to tobacco control. All young leaders in the APACT region that are actively engaged in tobacco control are eligible to apply for the scholarship. Award recipients will receive a certificate, complimentary registration to APACT 2010, and US$1,000 to assist with travel and lodging expenses. Individuals from low or middle income countries will be given special consideration. Five scholarships will be offered.
Deadline for young leader scholarship applications: 5 March 2010
Applicants will be notified of success or otherwise via email by May 2010.
Click here for more information
