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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
Important note: This site is no longer being actively maintained and is presented here as an online archive. While it still contains a wealth of useful information, visitors who want to receive the latest health information should register to receive the fortnightly email Digest. This will link you directly to articles of interest in the key areas covered by this site. You can register for the Digest here.
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Graphic warning labels on plain cigarette packs: Will they make a difference to adolescents?
- Young adults’ interpretations of tobacco brands: Implications for tobacco control
- Health warnings on tobacco products: ITC cross-country comparison report
- Tobacco branding, plain packaging, pictorial warnings, and symbolic consumption
- Qualitative exploration of public and smoker understanding of, and reactions to, an endgame solution to the tobacco epidemic
International Literature
- Cochrane review: Reminder packaging for improving adherence to self-administered long-term medications
- Plain tobacco packaging: A systematic review
- Cigarette packaging and health warnings: The impact of plain packaging and message framing on young smokers (U.S.)
- The evolution of health warning labels on cigarette packs: The role of precedents, and tobacco industry strategies to block diffusion
- Graphic health warnings on cigarette packs: How long before the effects on adolescents wear out? (Australia)
