Tag: Nancy Loucas
New Zealand’s Budget Will Enable Reforms Conducive to Smokefree Plan
“The Budget’s establishment funding to enable significant health reforms is positive news for those wanting a more centralised, concerted national health effort to achieve...
AVCA: New Zealand’s 2021 Budget Should Fund E-Cig Starter Packs Like...
New Zealand’s ‘vape to quit’ smoking cessation programmes are already well established. A strategy that would give this scheme a boost, says Loucas, would...
Recent TAV 8 Panel Discussion Tackles WHO’s Recent Tobacco Report
TAV 8 also announced the launch of a new global advocacy initiative which encourages sharing smoking cessation success stories from around the world.Premiering at...
Banning E-Liquid Sweeteners Would be Catastrophic For Stop-Smoking Efforts
The logic behind limiting flavours for grownups, to prevent teens from taking up vaping is illogical.VAPO and Alt New Zealand co-owners, Jonathan Devery and...
AVCA: Smoking Rates Wont Drop If Vape Laws Are Too Harsh
Last month, New Zealand’s Treasury released the Crown accounts for the seven months to January 31st, 2021, indicating a drop in tobacco tax revenue...
Tobacco Harm Reduction Group Criticizes Australia’s Vape Restrictions
“Australia is miles behind many others in the Asia Pacific region, and the UK, when it comes to acknowledging vaping’s key role in beating...
Vaping Should be Included in NZ’s Smokefree Aotearoa Plan
Loucas believes that Associate Health Minster Dr Ayesha Verrall understands public health and tobacco harm reduction. Infact, she said, her recently released action plan...
Harm Reduction Group Denounces “Concerning” WHO Report
CAPHRA, a coalition of safer nicotine consumers in the Asia Pacific region, has denounced the “concerning” report for lack of transparency. The group explained...
