Friday, 28 May 2021, 7:01 am
World Smokefree Day is coming up on Monday 31st May, and
the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is
encouraging Kiwis to have their say on the Government’s
Action Plan for Smokefree 2025. Consultation on the plan
closes on Monday at 5pm - you can have your say at consult.health.govt.nz/tobacco-control/smokefree2025-actionplan. The
theme of this year’s World Smokefree Day is commit to
quit, says ARFNZ Chief Executive Letitia Harding. ARFNZ
believes that the bold action proposed in the Government’s
Action Plan will encourage Kiwis to ditch the habit and is
This week, there has been extensive media coverage talking about the vaping epidemic in high schools across the country. Both school principals and researchers have warned that this is a very real issue. Education around vaping is vital, and the Asthma .
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 9:28 am
GINA, the Global Initiative for Asthma, has released its
strategy framework, and the Asthma and Respiratory
Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is delighted to see that the
international asthma recommendations have changed to follow
a similar approach to the New Zealand asthma
guidelines.
The international strategy now has a
separate algorithm based on the preferred option of 2 in 1
reliever therapy for people living with asthma. Last year,
ARFNZ was the first to recommend a separate stepwise
approach like this in its guidelines. GINA have now followed
the recommendation.
The 2 in 1 reliever therapy, in
which patients receive both a preventer and reliever
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