FREE SMOKING CESSATION SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
21 February 2012 by Danielle Crooks in Help for Smokers to Quit
Smokefree Nurses is pleased to be hosting a series of workshops and seminars which will bring together an overseas speaker,...
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Literature Abstract
Social smokers' management of conflicted identities
22 February 2012 by Research Admin in Help for Smokers to Quit, Knowledge Library
This paper employs qualitative interviews with 13 young adult social smokers (aged 19-25 years) to explore how they view and...
—Tobacco Control, [Published online 20 February 2012], doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050176 Read MoreDocument
Ministry of Health: Tobacco Target Update: Primary Care - 17 February 2012
17 February 2012 by Danielle Crooks in Primary Health Care, Help for Smokers to Quit>Primary Care Activities, Help for Smokers to Quit and 1 more
The latest update from the Ministry of Health on the primary care tobacco health target
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Primary Care Success Stories
17 February 2012 by Carl Billington in Primary Health Care, Help for Smokers to Quit>Primary Care Activities, Help for Smokers to Quit and 1 more
In this section we hope to share a range of short stories and interviews from around Primary Care with people...
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Towards smoke-free rental cars: An evaluation of voluntary smoking restrictions in California
16 February 2012 by Research Admin in Help for Smokers to Quit
Some car rental companies in California and other states in the USA have established non-smoking policies for their vehicles. This...
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Young people’s access to tobacco: A mixed-method systematic review (UK)
8 February 2012 by Research Admin in Help for Smokers to Quit
This report describes the findings and methods of a systematic review of research exploring how young people aged 11-18 years...
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Turning Point - quarterly magazine for cessation workers
20 January 2012 by Carl Billington in Help for Smokers to Quit
The Ministry has put together a quarterly magazine for New Zealand smoking cessation workers - with the aim of supporting...
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Charities slam tobacco packaging report (UK)
21 February 2012 by Research Admin in Help for Smokers to Quit
Anti-smoking campaigners in the UK have criticised claims that plain packaging for cigarettes will have no public health benefit. A...
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Cessation study finds it's the offer of support that matters....
17 February 2012 by Carl Billington in Primary Health Care, Help for Smokers to Quit>Primary Care Activities, Help for Smokers to Quit and 1 more
A recent systematic review by Aveyard et al (2011) untangled the literature on brief interventions (e.g. the ABC approach) to...
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Hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction before and after implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free policy in Uruguay
16 February 2012 by Research Admin in Help for Smokers to Quit, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases
Stimulated by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, many countries in Latin America adopted comprehensive smoke-free policies. In March...
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Impact of national smoke-free legislation on home smoking bans: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project Europe Surveys
15 February 2012 by Research Admin in Help for Smokers to Quit
The results from this European study suggest that smoke-free legislation does not lead to more smoking in smokers' homes. Instead,...
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Acculturation status has a modest effect on smoking prevalence among a cohort of Pacific fathers in New Zealand
31 January 2012 by Research Admin in Help for Smokers to Quit, Knowledge Library
This article explores the relationship between smoking prevalence and acculturation among a cohort of Pacific Island fathers resident in New...
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Case Studies
- Early results suggest Whanganui open-access, walk-in 'Quit Clinics' prove very effective
- Early evalution of pilot initiatives shows strong promise for General Practice support for people to quit smoking
- Training-Led Smoking Cessation Strategy Reaps Rewards for Wairarapa
- PHO-based Smokefree Coordinator Workforce an Effective Strategy for Waitemata DHB
- A Tale of Two Systems: A study of how two IT tools are supporting practice staff to deliver ABC
Literature Abstracts
- Social smokers' management of conflicted identities
- Health and independence report
- Youth opinions of tobacco control in New Zealand: Support for specific measures and the relationship with smoking behaviors among 14–15-year-olds
- Youth'07: The health and wellbeing of secondary school students in New Zealand: Results for Chinese, Indian and other Asian students
- Effects of environmental tobacco smoke on preschool oral health
International Literature
- Hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction before and after implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free policy in Uruguay
- Towards smoke-free rental cars: An evaluation of voluntary smoking restrictions in California
- Impact of national smoke-free legislation on home smoking bans: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project Europe Surveys
- Young people’s access to tobacco: A mixed-method systematic review (UK)
- Factors in nonadherence to Quitline services: Smoker characteristics explain little (U.S.)
Discussion
- A community controlled smoking cessation programme: ABC for Maori communities
- Ministry of Health - Tobacco Health Target - NEWSFLASH
- Ministry of Health - Tobacco Target Update: Primary Care - 9 September 2011
- Early evalution of pilot initiatives shows strong promise for General Practice support for people to quit smoking
- Smokers have varying misperceptions about the harmfulness of menthol cigarettes: National survey data