This study provides evidence that robust tobacco control strategies that result in substantial declines in smoking prevalence are not accompanied by the hypothesised increase in 'hardcore' or 'hardened' smokers who are more addicted and less motivated and able to quit. The findings suggest that there is no need for substantial change in approach to achieve New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal on the grounds that the smoker population is becoming increasingly hardened.

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An accurate simulation of the radiation performance of a commercial CAD-oriented slide mobile phone, taking into account the influence of the SAM (specific anthropomorphic mannequin) head and hand, is presented. The simulation was performed using the commercial software SEMCAD, which is based on the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FOTO) Method. The radiation effect on the SAM head and hand close to the phone was also investigated. Throughout the numerical simulations, the retum loss, the radiation efficiency, and the near-field distribution of the mobile phone could be obtained, and thus the impact on the human body could be estimated. The slide phone was measured under different conditions. Numerical results were compared with the measurement data, and good agreement was obtained.

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