Posts tagged with “Smokefree 2025”

New Zealand’s Progress Toward a Smokefree Future New Zealand is making incredible progress toward its Smokefree 2025 goal. A recent government report shows just how much has changed, with smoking rates dropping significantly over the past 12 years. Since 2011/12, daily smoking rates have fallen nearly 60%, from 16.4% to just 6.9% in 2023/24. That ...

Key messages & helpful tips for caregivers   It might look like harmless steam—but it’s not. Many teens think vaping is just flavoured mist, but most vapes contain nicotine—a highly addictive substance that can alter mood, focus, and brain development. Many young people don’t realise how hooked they are until they try to stop… and ...