Smoking

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Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa –Māori Pharmacists’ Association president Kevin Pewhairangi is concerned the Pharmacy Council did not take a partnership approach to developing its new recertification framework for pharmacists

Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa –Māori Pharmacists’ Association president Kevin Pewhairangi is concerned the Pharmacy Council did not take a partnership approach to developing its new recertification framework for pharmacists

Submissions are rolling in on new regulations for selling vaping products but there are signs the­ ­pharmacy sector’s interest in selling such products is on the wane

Proposed changes to regulations around vaping may affect the 370 pharmacies which stock Vapix, one of the big brands of vaping

An “important reduction” in the overall availability of tobacco would be achieved if sales were restricted to liquor stores, petrol stations or pharmacies, new University of Otago research shows.  

Three lower North Island pharmacies are trialling vape pens as a funded smoking cessation tool for Māori, Pasifika and pregnant women

The sight of pedestrians huffing out clouds of sweet-smelling vapour are becoming more common in New Zealand’s towns and cities. Traditionally sold in vape shops, vaping devices are now sold in pharmacies, a move that even has the support of the asthma foundation. 

If cigarette sales were restricted to pharmacies, smokers buying tobacco could be given smoking cessation counselling and nicotine replacement therapy

Smoking cessation researcher and vaping champion Marewa Glover opened her research centre for Indigenous Sovereignty and Smoking today