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** 28 October 2020
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** UK
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** Chancellor Rishi Sunak to set out one-year Spending Review (#1)
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** International
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** New Zealand: Vaping en vogue but CDs scratched - What we are buying in 2020 (#2)
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** US Study: Smokers are three times more likely to die prematurely from heart disease (#3)
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** Global e-cigarette market insight and forecast with the potential impact of COVID-19 (2020-2024) (#4)
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** UK
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** Chancellor Rishi Sunak today announced a one-year review of the government’s spending plans as he seeks to tackle the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Treasury announced a 2021-22 Spending Review will be published on 25 November.

Mr Sunak said: “In the current environment its essential that we provide certainty. So, we’ll be doing that for departments and all of the nations of the UK by setting budgets for next year, with a total focus on tackling COVID and delivering our ‘Plan for Jobs.’ Long-term investment in our country’s future is the right thing to do, especially in areas which are the cornerstone of our society like the NHS, schools, and infrastructure. We’ll make sure these areas crucial to our economic recovery have their budgets set for further years so they can plan and help us build back better.”

Source: Sky News, 28 October 2020

See also: GOV.UK - Spending Review to conclude late November ([link removed])
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** Kiwis are spending more on vaping, but less on fading technology such as cordless phones, CDs, and travel guides, Stats NZ says.

Ministry of Health data shows 21.2 % of adults tried an electronic cigarette in the year to 30 June 2019, up from 16.2% over the same period in 2016. The growing trend in vaping coincides with rising prices for tobacco cigarettes, and declining rates of smoking, Stats NZ prices index development team manager Fiona Smillie said.

“One in eight adults [close to 500,000 people] are regular cigarette smokers in New Zealand, but that has trended down over the last 40 years from one in three adults,” she noted.

The nation’s shifting spending habits are reflected in an update of the consumer price index (CPI) basket of goods and services, used to measure inflation. E-cigarettes are among the additions to the CPI basket. Another addition to the CPI basket is exercise equipment, including everything from exercise bikes and treadmills to weights.

Source: Stuff, 28 October 2020
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** New research has found that current smokers face nearly three times the risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease compared with people who never smoked, with the risk being higher among those who began smoking during childhood.

Using data collected between 1997 and 2014, from the annual U.S. National Health Interview Survey, researchers examined the medical histories, lifestyles [VS1] and demographics of smokers and never smokers. The study included 390,929 adults, ages 25 to 74 years (average age of 47), 56% were female. Occasional smokers were excluded from the study. Current smokers were grouped by the age at which they began smoking. During the follow-up period, 4,479 people died before the age of 75 from heart disease or stroke.

Findings from the study reveal that current smokers had nearly three times the risk of premature cardiovascular mortality compared with never smokers. The risk was higher among those who had begun smoking in childhood (<15 years), and highest of all for those who started before age ten years. However, quitting at any age was associated with a substantially lower risk than continuing to smoke, with the greatest risk reduction among those who quit before age 40 years.

Blake Thomson, the lead study author, said: “Preventing the next generation from smoking can save lives, but we must also emphasise that quitting smoking can save lives now, and in the years to come. Simply put, health policies should aim to prevent young people from smoking and should clearly communicate the benefits of quitting to those who do smoke, ideally as young as possible, and before the onset of serious illness.”

Source: Medical Xpress, 28 October 2020

See also: JAHA - Childhood Smoking, Adult Cessation, and Cardiovascular Mortality: Prospective Study of 390 000 US Adults ([link removed])
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** The global e-cigarette market is forecast to reach US$76.82 billion in 2024, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 18.51% for the period spanning 2020-2024. The factors such as increasing working population, rising market share of e-cigarettes, decreasing cigarette consumption, shift towards next-generation products, mounting prices of tobacco cigarettes and peer influence on young people are expected to drive the market.

In 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has created an unfavourable impact on the market as the healthcare concerns among the population have surged rapidly.

The fastest-growing regional market is the US owing to a decrease in smoking population, growth in product launches and rise in vape shops.

Source: Yahoo Finance, 26 October 2020
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