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"Please Don’t Die Today" - A Mother’s Fight Against Asthma
Monday, 5 May 2025, 8:29 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
This World Asthma Day (on Tuesday 6 May), Jade, 37, is sharing her story to raise awareness of those living with asthma. Jade was diagnosed in her late 20s with brittle asthma - a rare and severe form of the disease, more commonly referred to now as ... More >>
Proposed Change To Asthma Inhaler Access Could Save Lives
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 2:09 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
Under the plan, eligible patients would be able to collect a three-month supply in one pharmacy visit, instead of returning each month for a repeat. More >>
Rising Power Costs Puts Health At Risk
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 8:56 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
Energy poverty - where a household is not able to afford power to provide a healthy home - it can pose serious health risks, especially for those living with respiratory conditions such as asthma and COPD. More >>
Vapes Fail To Curb Smoking Habits Among Teens, New Study Finds
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 8:59 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The research, published in The Lancet, found that the introduction and rapid rise of vaping in New Zealand has had little to no impact on the rate of decline in daily smoking among 14-15-year-olds between 1999 to 2023. More >>
Vape Companies Hunt Loopholes Ahead Of Law Change
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 10:23 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation is calling out vape retailers for their blatant attempts to bypass the new laws aimed at protecting our tamariki. More >>
$500k Vape Kit Deal ‘Reeks Of Tobacco Tactics’
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 8:47 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The vapes are provided for free to some smokers trying to quit - but the Foundation says it has serious concerns not just about their effectiveness but also about the lack of consultation, the purchase process, and quality control. More >>
Hospitalisation Spike Likely During Back-To-School Period
Monday, 27 January 2025, 8:23 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ is encouraging everyone to be aware of the symptoms of an asthma attack and how to respond, with hospitalisations from attacks at their highest during week 3 of Term 1. More >>
Vaping Starter Kit Plan Lacks Detail, May Cause Wider Health Issues
Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 11:54 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
There needs to be a clear pathway for people to move away from nicotine altogether, and Asthma and Respiratory Foundation sees no evidence of that in the current proposal. More >>
King Living Partners For Healthier Kiwi Homes
Friday, 20 December 2024, 8:40 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
King Living is committed to creating furniture that enhances everyday living and contributes to better health and well-being, and it is one of the reasons they have chosen to become a Gold partner of the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ’s Friends ... More >>
Newly-funded Drugs Will Save Lives, Particularly Babies
Friday, 6 December 2024, 2:42 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
Pharmac has announced that, from January 1 2025, it will fund palivizumab - a medicine that prevents serious illness from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in high-risk babies and young children - as well as a new triple inhaler for people with COPD ... More >>
Youth Vaping Rates Drop, But 'Cannot Take Our Foot Off The Pedal’
Monday, 25 November 2024, 8:10 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The 2024 ARFNZ/SPANZ/NZAIMS Vaping in New Zealand Youth Survey, released today, reveals that vaping among students in Years 9 - 13 has dropped considerably, with 12 per cent vaping in the last seven days - down from 27 per cent in 2021. More >>
Vape Advertising And Promotion Ban ‘Long Overdue’
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 2:28 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The Foundation provided feedback to both Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bills - the first in 2020 and the second in 2024. The second - (No 2) - is still before Parliament. More >>
Respiratory Health Warning Over Christchurch Fire
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 2:55 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ is advising people living and working near the blaze to close all windows and doors if staying inside, or wear a N95 or KN95 mask if going outside. More >>
From Near-death Experience To Quest For Awareness
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:13 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
There is no cure for bronchiectasis - it’s a lifelong condition - so Mead is making it her mission to raise awareness and support others living with respiratory conditions. More >>
Four-Fold Increase In Vaping Education For Pre-Teens
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 8:49 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ vaping educators visited four schools in 2023 to educate Year 7 and 8 students. So far this year, that figure is 18. More >>
Pulse Energy Re-Commits To Respiratory Community
Monday, 22 July 2024, 10:14 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
Foundation Chief Executive Ms Letitia Harding says we advocate strongly to ensure the 700,000 Kiwis living with respiratory disease are living in a warm, dry, healthy home. More >>
Public Health At Risk, Tax Cut Labelled Irresponsible
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 12:59 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The tax reduction in addition to axing Smokefree 2025 undermines the efforts that the Foundation - and others - have gone to protect future generations from the harms of tobacco, Professor Hancox says. More >>
NZ Should Mirror Australia’s New Vape Law
Friday, 28 June 2024, 8:22 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
A world-leading law banning the sale of vapes outside of pharmacies has passed in Australia - a bold move that New Zealand should emulate to protect its youth. More >>
Budget Needs To Help Eradicate The Pest That Is Youth Vaping
Monday, 27 May 2024, 12:16 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The Government needs to support efforts to eradicate a persistent and pervasive pest - youth vaping. This is the call from the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ for the upcoming Budget announcement on Wednesday. More >>
'It's Pretty Horrible Seeing Your Child's Lips Turning Blue' - Mum Recounts Life-Threatening Asthma Attack
Monday, 6 May 2024, 9:31 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
"I hadn’t been to the hospital for something big like that, so I thought it was life-threatening and I was very scared." More >>
