Researching safer, effective alternatives to smoking   

 

 

Latest news: www.healthnz.co.nz/News2011.htm

 For more policy topics, see:  www.endsmoking.org.nz

For latest news on e-cigarettes:

www.endsmoking.org.nz/news.htm

www.endsmoking.org.nz/ecigarette.htm  

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11 April 2013 Health New Zealand draft standard for e-cigarettes.

http://www.healthnz.co.nz/HealthNZstandard_Ecigs.htm

14 Dec 2012  A world first policy to reduce excise on denicotinized cigarettes and thus reduce addiction  NZ Med J. 

Product research plans

2013   Cost of Smoking survey continues. See opposite.

Includes effect of e-cigarettes on quitting intentions.

2013   Co investigator on NIHI study of Denic cigarettes

2013   Co investigator NIHI large ASCEND RCT on e-cigarettes effect on stopping smoking and e-cig safety.

 

Health New Zealand Ltd’s research quest is for safer product choices for smokers. See the company’s achievements and future plan: www.healthnz.co.nz/Alternatives.htm

 

Celebrating 17 years in business

Achievements 

1995-2012. Dr Laugesen, Health New Zealand, has authored over 40 peer-reviewed research papers, thanks to funders, co-researchers and reviewers.  http://www.healthnz.co.nz/Publicnsall.htm

2012 Denicotinised cigarette policy to reduce addiction

2010 Research on the nicotine pyruvate cigarette substitute

2009 RYO cigarettes – less tobacco but more smoke.

2007-9 Research on (low) toxicity of electronic cigarettes

2006- Research on Marlboro Ultrasmooth – reduced risk???

 

Policy research plans

2011-14: Health New Zealand aims to research policies capable of reducing smoking and phasing out cigarette and tobacco sales by 2020, in support of End Smoking NZ’s plan:

www.endsmoking.org.nzFourPolicies14May2010.pdf

 

Previous policy research

1995-03 Health New Zealand Ltd was founded in July 1995, published Smokefree E-news from 1997, supported ASH and Smokefree Coalition’s efforts, and co-authored the most quoted research in aid of the 2003 law making workplaces smokefree: http://www.healthnz.co.nz/SHSdeaths.htm 

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2010 May 14: Oral submission to the Tobacco Inquiry of the Maori Affairs Select Committee in Christchurch on relevant company research results. www.healthnz.co.nz/HealthNZ_Oral_14May2010.ppt

 

2010 9 April:   E-cigarette clinical trial results.           www.healthnz.co.nz/News2010.htm  

 

March 2010:   6712 visits to this site, mainly for information on e-cigarettes. 45% from USA, 17% from NZ.

 

October 2009: Dr Laugesen slide presentation on the electronic cigarette  Oceania Tobacco Control Conference. Darwin. ElectronicCigsDarwinOct09.pdf

July 2009: Over 7000 visitors to this site, mainly to read or download Health NZ research on e-cigarettes, and mainly from USA, but many from NZ and a wide spread of  other countries. 

30 July 2009. FDA report – actually shows e-cigarettes much safer than conventional ones ecigarette.htm   

26 June 2009. RYO cigarettes dangerous money-savers  - Health NZ research      coynews.htm

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Business: Public good research, in particular:

·        Researchers on nicotine and tobacco.

·        Member, Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco.  

·        Advocacy: Safer, effective alternatives to smoking.

·        Clinical trials and pharmacokinetic research

·        Risk profile testing of alternatives to smoking products cigarettetesting.htm  Alternatives.htm

·        Policy analysis and advice;

·        Consultancy, to reduce heart disease, cancer, and smoking.

Aim:    To promote the health of New Zealanders 

Wave 2 is restricted to those who took part in wave 1. Contact your interviewer from 21 Jan onwards, closing end of March.

Auckland: Nathan Cowie 027 293 7080

Wellington: cigstudy@gmail.com or txt/call Catherine 022173 4204 to arrange a time (from 28 Jan)

Christchurch: costofsmokingstudy@gmail.com or call  Aimee at 364 2987 x 7992

Dunedin  Donna  021 1732 560    03 4555 373    

This study has been approved by the relevant universities. Supported by Canterbury Community Trust, University of Canterbury, End Smoking NZ and Centre for Tobacco Control Research, University of Auckland.

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Wave 2 On-line Cost-of-smoking survey

Wave 2 restricted to those who took part in Wave 1.  See

http://canterbury.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_838sMDAH5gsnwbj

Supported by University of Canterbury, End Smoking NZ and Canterbury Community Trust.

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Traffic: This website and End Smoking NZ combined: 10,000 to 13,000 visits per month

Research of the month:

DiFranza et al. (in press) on the clinical staging of tobacco addiction http://www.healthnz.co.nz/Staging_Addiction

 

27 February 2010: New Nicotine cigarette gives fast delivery of nicotine to the lung. Results released to Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco in Baltimore MD, USA. For smokers, this is likely, once sold, to be a life-saving smoking substitute they will gladly switch to.

Nicotine Pyruvate inhaler-cigarette has potential as a rapid, safe and pleasant way for smokers to obtain nicotine.  The device was tested by Health New Zealand Ltd and Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust in 2009 for Duke University, USA. 21 January 2011. Now published. For the full text report in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, click here to see

Copying:  You are welcome to copy information from this website provided  www.healthnz.co.nz  is acknowledged as the source.

 2010

Dr Murray Laugesen

QSO for public services

WHO Tobacco or Health medallist

MBChB NZ, FRCS Edin, MCCM NZ, FNZCPHM Dip Obst

 

Managing director and public health physician

On leaving the Public Health Commission in 1995 Dr Laugesen founded Health New Zealand Ltd as his consultancy company. Dr Laugesen has been involved in the prevention of cancer, heart disease and smoking at national level since 1984. More

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