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** 11 August 2023
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** UK
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** Inflexion among suitors for Haleon's Nicotinell anti-smoking aid (#1)
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** How to increase fertility: 40 ways to boost your chances of getting pregnant (#2)
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** International
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** New Zealand: The 'corner dairy campaign' quietly backed by big tobacco (#3)
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** Japan: Japan's smoking rates continued decline trend in 2022 (#4)
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** Link of the week
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** Podcast: I Can't Quit You, Baby (#5)
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** Podcast: Let's talk e-cigarettes: Joanna Streck (#6)
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** Job Listing: Marketing and Communications- Bath University Tobacco Control Research Group (#7)
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** UK
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** Inflexion among suitors for Haleon's Nicotinell anti-smoking aid
A leading private equity investor is among the suitors circling Nicotinell, the anti-smoking aid which has been earmarked for sale by its FTSE-100 owner.
Sky News has learnt that Inflexion, which has backed companies such as Goals Soccer Centres and Mountain Warehouse, is on a list of bidders in talks with Haleon about buying the brand.
The disposal of Nicotinell would come as smoking cessation products experience mixed fortunes.
Haleon, which was spun out of GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceuticals giant, last year, owns some of the world's leading consumer healthcare products.
Nicotinell, which is sold in patch, gum and lozenge form, is said to be the second-largest nicotine replacement therapy product globally.
Inflexion is understood to be vying with other buyout firms and strategic bidders for the brand.
Source: Sky News 6 August 2023
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** How to increase fertility: 40 ways to boost your chances of getting pregnant
Alongside dealing with stress, reducing alcohol intake and perusing a healthy diet, smoking is listed as a keyway to boost fertility.
One of the biggest impacts on fertility – in both men and women – comes from smoking. Toxins in tobacco smoke can harm both eggs and sperm, including damaging DNA and reducing your chance of pregnancy. And it actively affects the success rate of fertility treatments such as IVF.
‘'If you're a smoker, give up as soon as possible if you are looking to conceive. Research shows smoking can be linked to early menopause in women and damaged sperm in men, so try and stop to help protect your fertility,'’ says Professor Nargund, medical director of CREATE Fertility.
Source: Good to Know, 11 August 2023
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** International
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** New Zealand: The 'corner dairy campaign' quietly backed by big tobacco
Ads have begun to appear in New Zealand warning that the dairy industry is under threat and urging people to sign a ‘save our stores’ petition. However, the ads, which lead to a website called Save Our Stores, ask users to sign a petition to repeal the Smokefree 2025 Act. The act includes a measure to reduce the number of stores selling full strength tobacco from 6000 nationwide to 600 by July 2024.
At first glance, the campaign appears to be an initiative from dairy owners. However, smaller type at the bottom of the page says the website is "proudly supported" by tobacco companies BAT (British American Tobacco) New Zealand and Imperial Brands.
The website's privacy policy says the website is "provided" by the tobacco companies.
A joint statement sent to RNZ from British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands did not directly answer the question whether it was obvious enough to consumers the website was created by tobacco companies. But it did say the two companies were "supporting the voice of New Zealand's small convenience store owners being pushed out of business".
Ben Youdan from smokefree advocacy group ASH NZ said he believed many retailers have genuine concerns. He worried their voices were lost when they aligned themselves with tobacco company campaigns.
Both Youdan and Shane Bradbrook, a Māori public health advocate, said the tactics weren't new. They had seen them used against workplace smoking and retail display measures.
Similar campaigns have occurred offshore. In 2008, British MPs were fooled by a 'save our shop' campaign they thought was from independent retailers protesting rules for displaying cigarettes. The campaign was run by the Tobacco Retailers' Association which was linked to tobacco companies British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco and Gallaher.
Source: RNZ, 7 August 2023
See also: The Guardian.MPs fall foul of 'dirty' tricks by tobacco giants ([link removed]) . 2008
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** Japan: Japan's smoking rates continued decline trend in 2022
Smoking rates in Japan continued to fall in 2022, a health ministry survey showed, highlighting increased health consciousness and the impact of a revised law to crack down on secondhand smoke.
The male smoking rate dropped 3.4 percentage points from the previous survey in 2019 to 25.4%, while the female smoking rate was down 1.1 points to 7.7%.
For male smokers, the 2022 figures represent a fall to 1 in 4 people from 1 in 2 in 2001, when 48.4% of men were smoking.
The revised health promotion law came into effect in April 2020, and its measures include banning smoking indoors at many locations and requiring businesses that do allow indoor smoking to install separate spaces for smokers.
Source: The Japan Times, 11 August 2023
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** Links of the Week
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** Podcast: I Can't Quit You, Baby
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** This American Life Guest Host Sean Cole gives his account of the difficulties he faced as a heavily addicted smoker trying to kick his 35 year-long smoking habit by using a book that’s said to have helped millions of people to quit.
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** Podcast: Let's talk e-cigarettes: Joanna Streck
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** Joanna Streck from Massachusetts General Hospital talks about her new study looking at the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of switching from combustible cigarettes to e-cigarettes in individuals in treatment for opioid use disorder.
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** Job Listing: Marketing and Communications- Bath University Tobacco Control Research Group
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** The Tobacco Control Research Group at Bath University is looking for a Marketing and Communications Lead to spearhead communications through media liaison, public relations, stakeholder engagement and content marketing.
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