Increase in 'Don't Get Sucked In' web visits as schools grapple with vaping epidemic

16 June, 2021

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation New Zealand (ARFNZ) has seen a massive increase in visits to its vaping education website Don’t Get Sucked In, as ...

Asthma and Respiratory Foundation informs teens: Don’t get sucked into vaping

26 May, 2021

This week, there has been extensive media coverage talking about the vaping epidemic in high schools across the country. Both school principals and rese...

Smokefree and Vapefree advice crucial at point of sale

2 February, 2021

Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) are urging that the new Vaping Act regulations focus on the end goal of quitting both smoking and vaping....

No smoke, no vape, no youth uptake

10 November, 2020

Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) have re-launched their youth vaping education website ‘Don’t Get Sucked In’ to align with the new vaping le...

Vaping ball dropped and dribbled, but finally got over the line

6 August, 2020

Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ ( ARFNZ) is pleased to see that the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Vaping Amendment Bill has been pa...

Hurdles still to overcome with Vaping Bill

24 July, 2020

Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is pleased to see the second reading of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendmen...

Remember - Don’t Get Sucked In

3 July, 2020

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ), along with their Scientific Advisory Board members want to see New Zealander’s quit smoking, however n...

Youth are vaping so why are we waiting?

30 June, 2020

Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) supports the Cancer Society in their call for urgency to push the Government’s Smokefree Environments and R...

Proposed vaping regulations address most concerns

24 February, 2020

Much of what ARFNZ wanted to see from vaping regulation, such as restricting sales to over 18s, prohibiting advertising of vaping products, and introduc...