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Minister Standing Firm On Vaping Distraction - AVCA
Monday, 12 December 2022, 8:40 am | AVCA
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2212/e63c76717078c5b1bee9.jpeg" width="720" height="720"> Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall has done well not to get side-tracked by constant and unrelated attacks ... More >>
Vaping Won’t Work If Nicotine Is Attacked - AVCA
Monday, 28 November 2022, 4:11 pm | AVCA
Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 is in jeopardy if New Zealand’s Vaping Regulatory Authority (VRA) stands by its new interpretation of its own product standards which would dramatically reduce the maximum ‘nicotine salt’ limit, say smokefree advocates. “If the ... More >>
Lung Damage From Vaping Doesn’t Stack Up – AVCA
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 5:17 pm | AVCA
“New Zealand’s Asthma and Respiratory Foundation (ARFNZ) is once again making health claims without providing any evidence. If they want their warnings to be taking seriously, they need to provide some proof,” says Nancy Loucas, co-founder of AVCA ... More >>
Let’s Catch More Ratbag Vape Retailers
Monday, 7 November 2022, 6:38 pm | AVCA
It’s great news that ratbag retailers are getting slapped with fines for selling vapes to minors. We just need to see more of it. Enforcement and parental responsibility are key to attacking youth vaping,” says Nancy Loucas, co-founder of Aotearoa Vapers ... More >>
Vapers Agree With ASH – Flavour Limits Are Flawed
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 1:28 pm | AVCA
“New Zealand’s leading anti-smoking lobby, ASH, is 100% right in its assessment that limiting vaping flavours in general retail is flawed. This now needs to be fixed as unintended consequences are not helping youth vaping nor Smokefree Aotearoa 2025,” ... More >>
Proponents Also Concerned About Many Vape Shops
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 6:19 pm | AVCA
“It’s vaping advocates who first raised concerns about the proliferation of dairies becoming specialist vape retailers (SVRs). New Zealand’s Asthma and Respiratory Foundation’s (ARFNZ) latest round of public scaremongering is not helpful,” says ... More >>
Australia’s Vaping Failure Proves NZ’s Success
Friday, 7 October 2022, 6:16 pm | AVCA
Nancy Loucas, co-founder of Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy “The latest report concluding that Australia’s anti-vaping regime is an utter failure reinforces New Zealand is on the right track with its tobacco control strategy,” says Nancy Loucas, ... More >>
Dairies Should Sell Vapes, But Inconsistencies Need Sorting
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 5:48 pm | AVCA
“Dairy owners are right to say being allowed to sell only three vape flavours is not helping New Zealand achieve Smokefree Aotearoa 2025, but some of them are not helping themselves,” says Nancy Loucas, co-founder of Aotearoa Vapers Community ... More >>
NZ’s Vaping Regime Attracts Malaysian Delegation
Monday, 26 September 2022, 6:25 pm | AVCA
“Malaysia has sent a parliamentary delegation to New Zealand to see what policies are required to achieve smokefree. Their visit reflects that Kiwis are getting the mix right when it comes to tobacco control, legalising and regulating vaping,” ... More >>
AVCA: Generational Tobacco Ban Positive, But Is It Legal?
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 11:24 am | AVCA
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2208/d0b61ede11ebddd38fc5.jpeg" width="720" height="720"> Submissions to the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill have closed, ... More >>
Dairies Also Operating As Vape Shops Need Addressing
Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 11:32 am | AVCA
“There are far too many dairies now also operating as licenced ‘Specialist Vape Retailers’. It makes a mockery of our vaping laws and so we’re pleased the Government is going to tidy up this unintended consequence,” says Nancy Loucas, co-founder ... More >>
Smokefree Action Plan Fails To Elevate Vaping
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 10:48 am | AVCA
A leading vaping advocate says the Government’s smokefree action plan has failed to fully recognise vaping as a viable alternative for Kiwi smokers keen to quit. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2112/c6663f3c81fc43db8be9.jpeg" ... More >>
MOH stop-smoking guidelines ignore the best way!
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 10:40 am | AVCA
The Ministry of Health’s latest stop-smoking guidelines are disappointing. They do not include the vape option for smoking cessation providers to discuss with Kiwis keen to quit cigarettes, says New Zealand’s leading Tobacco Harm Reduction consumer ... More >>
Alarming! Lockdown forces more Kiwis back to cigarettes
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 11:52 am | AVCA
New Zealand’s lockdown has seen many ex-smokers return to cigarettes. Stress or boredom are often to blame, but brand-new retail restrictions on vape products are also having a negative impact, says the country’s leading Tobacco Harm Reduction ... More >>
New regs: Terrible timing for vape businesses and consumers
Thursday, 19 August 2021, 2:48 pm | AVCA
New Zealand’s costly vape regulations will drive many small to medium-sized businesses to the wall. Rising prices will also leave many vapers with little choice but to return to deadly cigarettes, says the country’s leading Tobacco Harm Reduction ... More >>
Vape Flavour Petition Dismissed Despite Mounting Evidence
Monday, 14 June 2021, 3:27 pm | AVCA
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2106/28ae42f0e8b371999782.jpeg" width="720" height="720"> Fifteen months after a Parliamentary petition supporting ongoing access to vape flavours closed, and nearly a year after ... More >>
Minister Seeking Broad Views On Smokefree Applauded
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 2:56 pm | AVCA
Official information reveals Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall is doing well to engage with a broad range of health entities and opinion ahead of the Government finalising its smokefree action plan, says a leading Tobacco Harm Reduction advocate. ... More >>
Budget 2021 Should Fund Vaping ‘starter Packs’ As In UK
Friday, 14 May 2021, 10:16 am | AVCA
Budget 2021 should supercharge ‘vape to quit’ smoking cessation programmes already well established across New Zealand’s health sector. In fact, adopting one initiative now underway at several NHS hospitals in the UK would be a brilliant step for Smokefree ... More >>
Vape Shop Security Will Worsen If Draft Regulations Pass
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 11:11 am | AVCA
Concerns raised in the vaping industry about shop security could become a wider reality if proposed regulations add more cost and scarcity to vaping products, says a leading Kiwi tobacco harm reduction advocate. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2104/594544eb5fea92afb7bc.jpeg" ... More >>
AVCA Disappointed With Lack Of Smokefree Progress
Monday, 7 December 2020, 2:25 pm | AVCA
New Zealand’s leading vaping consumer group is deeply disappointed there remains no action plan to achieve the ambitious national goal of Smokefree 2025. “Back in 2011 when Smokefree 2025 was launched, it was viewed as doable albeit requiring ... More >>
