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Martin Johnston writes in the New Zealand Herald that smokers are finding a pouch-based quitting system helpful, according to New Zealand research. The system, in which smokers put a pouch containing nicotine in their mouths – between cheek and gum – has been found to be a popular choice compared with gum and other therapies. [...]

University of Otago researchers have approved two nicotine replacement therapies not commonly available at present. They also aim to research a new product – a mouthspray which smokers would use every time they want to have a cigarette. An excerpt: (read in full here) “”The new Zonnic nicotine mouth spray study is a great chance [...]

CRI Taskforce set to give its verdict The CRI Taskforce, set up by the Government to review the structure of the country’s Crown Research Institutes, is set to release its recommendations after presenting them to the Minister for Research, Science and Technology, Dr Wayne Mapp on February 15. Taskforce chairman Neville Jordan said the review [...]