ASH New Zealand

Campaigning to end deaths from smoking since 1984. No conflicts of interest, or funds from tobacco, gambling, vape or Pharma industries.

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

Finding all the vaping hype confusing? We recommend this really helpful peer reviewed mythbuster on vaping from our colleagues at ASH UK.

[ASH @AshOrgUK]

🆕Addressing common myths about vaping: Putting the evidence in context

This new briefing has been peer-reviewed by 16 leading clinical and academic experts on vaping, nicotine and tobacco addiction.

It rebuts the top 6 most-repeated myths about vaping.
https://t.co/XzsH5vk8DH

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

3/3 And don't let the popcorn lung thing scare you. There have been no confirmed cases of popcorn lung linked to e-cigarettes, or cigarettes. Only use legal e-cigarettes from a reputable retailer. https://t.co/pLViDpL0vn

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

1/3 PSA: MoH issued a recall on Suntree Vanilla (30ml)vape liquid for high diacetyl content. Follow recall advice, but if you smoked don't relapse! Vaping is not risk free, but is still way less harmful than tobacco. Including lower exposure to diacetyl. https://t.co/UAtBhSr8fu

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

2/3 Worst case scenario: Comparing a 10 a day smoker (10 puffs per cigarette) and a 300 puff a-day vaper using recalled diacetyl volumes, exposure for smokers is still 1400% higher (likely much more) And it's far from the worst thing you inhale in cigarettes and not in vapes.

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

A year after publication, @NZStuff apologised today for misleading stories they published about ASH. Stuff have also made a generous donation to ASH. This will support our independent advocacy to end deaths from smoking. https://t.co/PQgGud0NLv

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

“The broadcast created a misleading, unbalanced and unfairly negative impression of the complainant, by favouring particular (critical) perspectives, while failing to adequately present ASH’s position in response. This undermined the public interest in the story"

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

We understand vaping, smoking and young people are emotive issues. We all want the same outcome, but we hope this ruling published by @BSA_NZ helps set a standard for fair and balanced reporting, and holding all sides to account.

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

Our complaint about fair reporting saw five breaches of fairness, accuracy and balance standards by @NZStuff reporting on ASH last year. Described as “at the higher end of the spectrum of seriousness” & “falling well short of journalistic expectations”

[BSA New Zealand @BSA_NZ]

Reports on ASH breached standards and fell well short of journalistic expectations. See our media release:
https://t.co/fBmrvFWyLv

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

As smoking rates have plummeted, and are concentrated in our least wealthy communities Skycity Casino wants a larger deck to keep them smoking while playing pokies. https://t.co/0zThc1dw1t

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

Sensible evidence based comment on the UKs swap to stop scheme.

[ASH @AshOrgUK]

Action is needed to encourage dual users to fully switch to vaping. The Government should maintain investment in the swap-to-stop scheme for vapes and counter these misperceptions through targeted communications.
https://t.co/DS9DNBa0UM

[ASH @AshOrgUK]

🔗Links of the week🔗

1⃣@FreshSmokeFree hosted a seminar on tobacco addiction and nicotine dependency which is available to watch online. The session features Ailsa Rutter, Director of Fresh, and Dr Sharon Cox, Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group at UCL.
https://t.co/DDr6LZGvvi

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

@LisaTeMorenga @EricCrampton ASH has a board that is fully supportive of our position.

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

Well done to our friends @nzdrug for this excellent report outlining a vision for health based approaches to drug harm

[NZ Drug Foundation @nzdrug]

This #SupportDontPunish Day of Action, we’re calling for a sector funding boost to shift New Zealand’s approach to drugs away from punishment and towards healthcare & #harmreduction.

Read more: https://t.co/AuEHqPtkbs

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

This seems a concerning step up for illicit tobacco in Aotearoa with the seizure of factory tools for making illegal cigarettes, and forged packaging.
https://t.co/HrnEnZcJo4

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

An honour to be invited to join an expert panel with Professors Ann McNeill of @KingsAddictions and Ken Warner of @umichsph at the first ever E-cigarette education session at the world's largest cancer conference this week. #ASCO24.

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

@SimonChapman6 @bjy_NZ You can trust @bjy_NZ. Fully updated figures were presented @#ecigarettesummit. Talk synopsis you quote was published before the data was - luckily the new AU daily prevalence was published in time to share in Washington DC!

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

'Tobacco addiction and nicotine dependence'. A must read for anyone with an interest in smoking and nicotine. By the brilliant @Sharon_ACox , president of the Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Europe

[Jonathan Foulds PhD @JonathanFoulds]

If smokers (who had no plans to quit) continue to use an #ecig with cigarette-like nicotine delivery, a greater proportion completely switch to nicotine ecigs, as compared with placebo or a cigarette substitute. https://t.co/I3ChoLeBjg

[ASH New Zealand @ASHNZ2025]

@ProfEdwardsNZ “Yes, but…”