1 See www.health.govt.nz/our-work/preventative-health-wellness/tobacco-control/vaping-smokefree-environments-and-regulated-products/position-statement-vaping 2 (Note: The ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey 2021 looking at youth smoking and vaping attitudes and behaviours will be carried out between 26 May and 9 July 2021) 2021 Explorer Grant recipients Dr Sarah Appleby , University of Otago, Christchurch The role of circulating bacterial DNA in cardiovascular disease 24 months, $150,000 Dr Yusuf Cakmak , University of Otago Auricular stimulation to improve cough sensitivity after stroke 24 months, $150,000 Dr Joanna Ting Wai Chu , University of Auckland Walk a mile in their shoes Developing a virtual reality experience of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder 24 months, $150,000 Dr Lynsey Cree , University of Auckland Development of a novel device to rapidly test embryos during IVF 24 months, $150,000 Professor George Dias , University of Otago A smart toothpaste for the twenty-first century 24 months, $150,000 Dr Graham Eyres , University of Otago Designing better methodologies to enable robust risk assessment of vaping 24 months, $150,000 Dr Martin Fronius , University of Otago Contribution of ENaC in COVID-19 24 months, $150,000 Dr June-Chiew Han , University of Auckland An overlooked opportunity to exploit heart rate variability 24 months, $150,000 Dr Renee Handley , University of Auckland Exploring hepatic urea cycle dysfunction in Huntingtons disease 24 months, $150,000 Dr William Kelton , University of Waikato Repurposing anti-viral immunity to combat Neisseria gonorrhoeae 24 months, $150,000 Professor Tim Woodfield , University of Otago, Christchurch Personalised 3D tissue models: Reducing health inequities in cartilage therapies 24 months, $150,000 Dr Michael Maslin , University of Canterbury Early identification of infants and children with disequilibrium 12 months, $150,000 Ms Taria Tane , Independent researcher A kaupapa Mori approach to improving wellbeing for rural whnau Mori 24 months, $150,000 Dr Steve Waqanivavalagi , University of Auckland Development of a novel tissue-engineered heart valve 24 months, $150,000 Dr Adele Williamson , University of Waikato Extracellular DNA repair: a role in antimicrobial resistance

Lets take a closer look at each point and dive deeper into how smoking affects the environment and what we can do to prevent pollution from cigarettes
Log in to post comments I think everyone who has been on the road has seen this before and can say that they find this behaviour very disturbing and disheartening
Nicotine: The Natural Intruder Nicotine is not a human creation
The toxic substances in cigarette smoke can accumulate in the body over time, making the likelihood of hearing damage and tinnitus higher with prolonged smoking