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Displaying 1–19 of 19 News Items in Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre
posted by HIIRC Admin on 17 Apr 2013
The latest edition of the Tobacco Control Update has just been published by the Smokefree Coalition. The issue includes: Informing…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 6 Mar 2013
UK to follow example of Australia, where cigarettes must be sold in drab packets with graphic health warnings. To read…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 6 Mar 2013
The latest edition of the Tobacco Control Update has just been published by the Smokefree Coalition. The issue includes: "A…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 20 Feb 2013
The latest edition of the Tobacco Control Update has just been published by the Smokefree Coalition. The issue includes: Government…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 19 Feb 2013
Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners media release, 19 February 2013 The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 19 Feb 2013
Tariana Turia media release, 19 February 2013 The Government has decided it will bring in legislation to put tobacco products…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 6 Feb 2013
The latest edition of the Tobacco Control Update has just been published by the Smokefree Coalition. The issue includes: Call…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 13 Dec 2012
The latest edition of the Tobacco Control Update has just been published by the Smokefree Coalition. The issue includes: Cigarette…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 10 Oct 2012
University of Otago media release, 10 October 2012 Two research studies led by University of Otago researchers have challenged tobacco…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 19 Sep 2012
The lastest issue of the Smokefree Coalition's Tobacco Control Update is available online. Content includes: Duty-free cigarettes Turia's next target…
posted by Research Admin on 7 Sep 2012
As New Zealand deliberates over the introduction of 'plain packaging' for cigarettes, a new study confirms that such measures reduce…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 17 Aug 2012
Tariana Turia media release, 17 August 2012 More action to reduce the single largest cause of preventable death and disease…
posted by HIIRC Admin on 15 Aug 2012
"The Australian federal government has secured a big win over big tobacco with the High Court ruling Labour's world-first plain…
posted by Research Admin on 17 Apr 2012
UK Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said his mind is "open" over proposals to strip cigarette packets of branding. His comment…
posted by Research Admin on 21 Feb 2012
Anti-smoking campaigners in the UK have criticised claims that plain packaging for cigarettes will have no public health benefit. A…
posted by Research Admin on 4 Oct 2011
"Cigars, cigarillos and loose and chewing tobacco are the next targets in the Australian Government's plain-packaging campaign". To read the…
posted by Research Admin on 23 Sep 2011
A UK charitable trust, Sense About Science, has launched a national campaign, saying that consumers, voters and patients should demand…
posted by Research Admin on 25 May 2011
This article, published in the journal Tobacco Control, reviews international evidence on the impact of health warning messages on tobacco…
posted by Research Admin on 29 Apr 2011
In April 2010, the Australian government became the first to announce legislation mandating that tobacco products be sold in plain…