New Zealand roll‐your‐own smokers' reaction to novel roll‐your‐own tobacco packaging warning labels

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei‐Ling Blank ◽  
Janet Hoek ◽  
Philip Gendall
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Warning Labels ◽  
Tobacco Packaging

scholarly journals Country Participation in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Health Warnings Database

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 1179173X2110642
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Seitz ◽  
Kenneth D. Ward ◽  
Zubair Kabir
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Control ◽  
World Health ◽  
Warning Labels ◽  
Health Warnings ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Health Warning ◽  
Pictorial Warnings ◽  
The World ◽  
Alternative Tobacco Products ◽  
Tobacco Packaging

Background The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Health Warnings Database is an online, publicly available resource created for countries to upload and share pictorial health warnings for tobacco packaging. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent to which the database is used by countries for the sharing of pictorial warnings. Methods The study’s sample included parties to the FCTC who required graphic health warning labels on cigarette packaging from. Those countries were categorized as having a low, middle, and high Socio-Demographic Index (SDI). The Health Warnings Database was then analyzed for those countries’ unique pictorial images, as well as the number of pictorials that were shared between countries. Results Of the 110 countries that required pictorial warnings on cigarette packaging, only 53 (48%) voluntarily contributed pictorials to the database, with most of those (53%) being high SDI-level countries. There were 342 unique pictorials on the database, with 62 images posted by seven countries that were used by 13 other countries. Conclusion While sharing was evident from the database, there remains a need for more countries to upload the pictorials to the database. There is also a need to expand the database to include alternative tobacco products, such as waterpipe tobacco and e-cigarettes.

scholarly journals Tobacco pack display at hospitality venues after the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging in New Zealand: a field observation study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e027868
Author(s):  
Johanna Nee-Nee ◽  
Kirsty Sutherland ◽  
Rebecca Holland ◽  
Miriam Wilson ◽  
Samuel Ackland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Field Observation ◽  
Central City ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Front Face ◽  
Observation Study ◽  
Active Smoker ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Social Display ◽  
Tobacco Packaging

ObjectivesIn March 2018, New Zealand (NZ) introduced standardised tobacco packaging that also featured new pictorial warnings, with implementation completed by early June 2018. We evaluated how the new packaging affected tobacco pack displays in outdoor areas of hospitality venues.DesignBefore-and-after descriptive field observation study.SettingCentral city area of the capital city of NZ (Wellington).ParticipantsObservations of people smoking and tobacco packs were made at 56 hospitality venues with outdoor tables (2422 separate venue observations), after the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging. Comparisons were made with a prior study in the same setting, from a time when tobacco packaging still featured brand imagery.ResultsA total of 8191 patrons, 1113 active smokers and 889 packs and pouches (522 of known orientation) were observed over 2422 venue observations. There were 0.80 visible packs per active smoker in 2018, compared with 1.26 in 2014 (risk ratio (RR)=0.64, 95% CI 0.60 to 0.67, p<0.0001). The new packs in 2018 were also less likely to be displayed face-up, compared with packs in 2014, which had brand imagery on the front face (RR=0.77, 95% CI 0.72 to 0.83, p<0.0001). Pack and pouch display (RR=3.09 in 2014 and 3.10 in 2018) and active smoking (RR=3.16 in 2014 compared with 3.32 in 2018) were higher at venues without children present, compared with venues with children present (this finding was consistent over time).ConclusionsThe reduction in the number of visible packs per active smoker, along with the reduction in face-up positioning of packs, suggests that smokers found the new standardised packs less attractive. Countries introducing standardised packaging should consider evaluating social display of tobacco packaging.

scholarly journals Efficacy of Tobacco Packaging Health Warning Labels Enlightening Smokers about the Risk of Smoking

2016 ◽  
Vol I (I) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Sobia Noreen ◽  
Fahad Pervaiz ◽  
Hina Shoukat
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Warning Labels ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Current Consumption ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Tobacco Packaging

Smoking is a psychosomatic addiction that is injurious to health and cause serious addiction. According to WHO, globally one of the prominent causes of death & disability is cigarette smoking, affecting all parts of body. Five million deaths occur each year. Aim of the study is to evaluate warning labels of cigarette effectiveness in advising smokers of smoking health risks, thus motivating them to quit smoking. An evaluative survey was conducted in the Bahawalpur community by using a self-administered questionnaire as a tool to elicit data. When percentage was compared among four groups, the highest scoring was of 16-25 year age group. Next to them was the age group 25-45 & least percentage was of 45-60 age groups. Today, the labels are trivial & simply overwhelmed by the packing schemes on cigarette boxes. Additionally, smokers turn habitual zed to the elegance of brands, to the point that labels go unnoticed. Due to the lack of effectiveness of warning labels, there is a need to adopt Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) guidelines in Pakistan. There is a need to conduct anti-smoking efforts; otherwise, the annual death toll will double if the current consumption trend continues.

Roll-your-own loose tobacco packaging warning labels: a qualitative study using a novel elicitation method

2020 ◽  
pp. tobaccocontrol-2019-055284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei-Ling Blank ◽  
Janet Hoek
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Personal Reflection ◽  
Warning Labels ◽  
Elicitation Method ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Tobacco Packaging

BackgroundMany countries have seen roll-your-own (RYO) loose tobacco use increase, despite policies to reduce smoking prevalence. On-pack pictorial warning labels (PWLs) typically feature general warnings about smoking, and no jurisdictions link these to specific types of tobacco (ie, RYO tobacco or tailor made cigarettes). We explored the warning narratives a sample of RYO smokers created when given an opportunity to create their own PWL.MethodsWe conducted 20 in-depth interviews with New Zealand RYO smokers aged between 18 and 67 years. Participants used a novel elicitation method—a ‘construct-a-pouch’ exercise—to develop an on-pouch warning they regarded as effective. We used a qualitative descriptive approach to interpret the transcripts.ResultsParticipants engaged with the novel and emotive content of the images and text messages, and constructed PWLs that typically drew on themes of regret, sadness and loss. Participants perceived the warning narratives they created as highly credible and emotionally salient. These contrasted sharply with existing PWLs on RYO pouches, which they rationalised as tired, uninteresting and unlikely to prompt cessation.ConclusionsOur findings reinforce the importance of high-affect arousing PWLs and suggest involving smokers in the formative creation of PWLs may result in markedly more impactful warnings. Linking PWLs to the type of tobacco smoked may also reduce the rationalisations smokers employ to discount warnings, and result in warnings that prompt engagement and personal reflection.

An outbreak of Pontiac fever due toLegionella longbeachaeserogroup 2 found in potting mix in a horticultural nursery in New Zealand

2009 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. CRAMP ◽  
D. HARTE ◽  
N. M. DOUGLAS ◽  
F. GRAHAM ◽  
M. SCHOUSBOE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Water Droplet ◽  
Working Party ◽  
Case Definition ◽  
Warning Labels ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Clinical Specimens ◽  
The Public ◽  
Industry Standard ◽  
Pontiac Fever

SUMMARYPrevious outbreaks of Pontiac fever have invariably been associated with water droplet spread ofLegionellaspp. In January 2007 three workers from a horticultural nursery were admitted to hospital with non-pneumonic legionellosis. Investigations showed that a working party of ten people had been exposed to aerosolized potting mix; nine of these workers met the case definition for Pontiac fever. The presence of genetically indistinguishableLegionella longbeachaeserogroup 2 was demonstrated in clinical specimens from two hospitalized workers and in the potting mix to which they had been exposed. A further seven cases were diagnosed by serological tests. This is the first documented outbreak of Pontiac fever fromL. longbeachaeserogroup 2 confirmed from inhalation of potting mix. Pontiac fever is likely to be under-diagnosed. We advocate the introduction of an industry standard that ensures the use of face masks when handling potting mix and attaching masks and warning labels to potting mix bags sold to the public.

Magellanic Cloud Eclipsing Binaries: Primary Distance Indicators

1999 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 563-566
Author(s):  
J. D. Pritchard ◽  
W. Tobin ◽  
J. V. Clausen ◽  
E. F. Guinan ◽  
E. L. Fitzpatrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Eclipsing Binaries ◽  
Fundamental Parameters ◽  
Distance Indicators

Our collaboration involves groups in Denmark, the U.S.A. Spain and of course New Zealand. Combining ground-based and satellite (IUEandHST) observations we aim to determine accurate and precise stellar fundamental parameters for the components of Magellanic Cloud Eclipsing Binaries as well as the distances to these systems and hence the parent galaxies themselves. This poster presents our latest progress.

Heat-Etching with a Bullivant Type II Simple Freeze-Cleave Device

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 106-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald S. Weinstein ◽  
N. Scott McNutt
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Massachusetts General Hospital ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Collaborative Effort ◽  
Temperature And Pressure ◽  
The University

The Type I simple cold block device was described by Bullivant and Ames in 1966 and represented the product of the first successful effort to simplify the equipment required to do sophisticated freeze-cleave techniques. Bullivant, Weinstein and Someda described the Type II device which is a modification of the Type I device and was developed as a collaborative effort at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The modifications reduced specimen contamination and provided controlled specimen warming for heat-etching of fracture faces. We have now tested the Mass. General Hospital version of the Type II device (called the “Type II-MGH device”) on a wide variety of biological specimens and have established temperature and pressure curves for routine heat-etching with the device.

A Cytochemical Study of Glucose-6-Phosphatase (G-6-PASE) in Cells Participating in Atherogenesis of Rabbit Aorta

1975 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 460-461
Author(s):  
Sidney D. Kobernick ◽  
Edna A. Elfont ◽  
Neddra L. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Aortic Wall ◽  
Rabbit Aorta ◽  
Plaque Formation ◽  
Metabolic Changes ◽  
Atherosclerotic Plaques ◽  
Cytochemical Study ◽  
Cellular Alteration ◽  
New Zealand White Rabbits

This cytochemical study was designed to investigate early metabolic changes in the aortic wall that might lead to or accompany development of atherosclerotic plaques in rabbits. The hypothesis that the primary cellular alteration leading to plaque formation might be due to changes in either carbohydrate or lipid metabolism led to histochemical studies that showed elevation of G-6-Pase in atherosclerotic plaques of rabbit aorta. This observation initiated the present investigation to determine how early in plaque formation and in which cells this change could be observed.Male New Zealand white rabbits of approximately 2000 kg consumed normal diets or diets containing 0.25 or 1.0 gm of cholesterol per day for 10, 50 and 90 days. Aortas were injected jin situ with glutaraldehyde fixative and dissected out. The plaques were identified, isolated, minced and fixed for not more than 10 minutes. Incubation and postfixation proceeded as described by Leskes and co-workers.

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