Perceptions of illicit tobacco sources following a proposed reduction in tobacco availability: A qualitative analysis of New Zealanders who smoke
Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
Nick is a medical doctor who subsequently specialised as a public health physician and then moved into university-based research. He has over 450 Medline-indexed publications in peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include:
- The health economics of primary prevention of chronic diseases (see the BODE3 Programme)
- Tobacco use epidemiology and control (see also the ITC project website and other tobacco control work)
- Infectious disease epidemiology and control (particularly pandemic influenza but also other infectious diseases)
- Prevention of existential risks such as climate disruption and nuclear war (Existential Risks)
Recent publications
- Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey.Public Health Expert,March 8 2022.
- Modelling the Impacts of Tobacco Denicotinisation on Achieving the Smokefree 2025 Goal in Aotearoa New Zealand.New Zealand Medical Journal,2022;135 (1548): 65-76.
- Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey.Public Health Expert Blog,17 December, 2021.
- Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies.Public Health Expert,November 23, 2021.
- A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?Public Health Expert,September 6 2021.
- Updated health and cost impacts of electronic nicotine delivery systems, using recent estimates of relative harm for vaping compared to smoking.Nicotine & Tobacco Research,Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab178
- A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there?Public Health Expert,August 12, 2021.
- New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke.Public Health Expert,August 10, 2021
- Thomson, G.When will hospo become part of the smokefree solution?Stuff,8 July, 2021.
- Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and Evidence.Public Health Expert Blog,27 May, 2021.
- Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms.Public Health Expert Blog,21 May, 2021.
- The Case for Banning Cigarette Filters: Addressing a Consumer Fraud, Smoking Decoy and Environmental Hazard.Public Health Expert Blog,17 May, 2021.
- Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the proposals for achieving Smokefree Aotearoa 2025.Public Health Expert,April 30, 2021.
- Progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Congratulations to the Government.Public Health Expert,April 16, 2021.
- Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal.Public Health Expert Blog,29 January, 2021.
- Report on Preliminary High-Level Modelling Estimates of Impacts on Smoking Prevalence of Major Tobacco Control Interventions in Aotearoa New Zealand.University of Otago, Wellington
- Poor smoke-free status of airports in a country with a smoke-free goal: New Zealand.Tobacco Control,30, 704-707. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055894
- A survey of the smokefree status of pedestrian-only spaces in 10 New Zealand local government areas.New Zealand Medical Journal,134(1544), 69-80.
- Simulating future public health benefits of tobacco control interventions: A systematic review of models.Tobacco Control,30, 460-470. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055425
- What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?Public Health Expert,December 14 2020
- The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?Public Health Expert Blog,23 September 2020.
- The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?Public Health Expert Blog,23 September 2020
- Smoke-free cars legislation: It works but New Zealand should still rigorously evaluate its upcoming law.New Zealand Medical Journal,133(1520), 106-110.
- Smokefree laws and hospitality settings: An example from New Zealand of a deficient approach.Tobacco Control,2020;29:460 .
- After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?Public Health Expert Blog,4 June 2020
- Proposed Vaping Regulations for NZ: Strengths and Limitations.Public Health Expert Blog,24 February, 2020
- Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward.Public Health Expert Blog,January 16 2020
- Tobacco excise taxes: A health and social justice measure?Tobacco Control,Advance online publication.
- Smokefree laws and hospitality settings: An example from New Zealand of a deficient approach.Tobacco Control,29, 460. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055215
- Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025.Public Health Expert Blog,2019, Dec 17
- Electronic cigarette online marketing by New Zealand vendors.New Zealand Medical Journal,132(1505), 20-33.
- The pros and cons of a smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal: The case is overwhelmingly pro for NZ.Public Health Expert Blog,2019, Oct 31
- Observed vaping and smoking in outdoor public places: Piloting objective data collection for policies on outdoor vaping.Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health,43(4), 401-402.
- Health promotion by more effective pack regulation: Reduction in tobacco pack display at hospitality venues after the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging with new pictorial warnings [Paper presentation].The 23rd International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference on Health Promotion, Rotorua, New Zealand,2019, April 7-11
- Outdoor vaping prevalence. [Oral presentation].The 23rd International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference on Health Promotion, Rotorua, New Zealand,2019, April 7-11
- Vape marketing online: Protections for children? [Oral presentation].The 23rd International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference on Health Promotion, Rotorua, New Zealand,2019, April 7-11
- Thomson, G.Smokefree signage at railway stations: A survey of 54 stations in 11 local government areas.New Zealand Medical Journal,132(1490), 59-61.
- Thomson, G.Full report on smokefree signage at railway stations: A survey of 54 stations in 11 local government areas.ASPIRE 2025.
- Nee-Nee, J. Sutherland, K. Holland, R. Wilson, M. Ackland, S. Bocock, C. Cartmell, A. Earp, J. Grove, C. Hewson, C. Jefferies, W. Keefe, L. Lockyer, J. Patel, S. Quintans, M. Robbie, M. Teape, L. Yang, J. Thomson, G.Tobacco pack display at hospitality venues after the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging in New Zealand: A field observation study.BMJ Open,9(9), Article e027868.
- Modelling the number of quitters needed to achieve New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal for Māori and non-Māori.New Zealand Medical Journal,131(1487), 30-37.
- Thomson, G.Healthy playgrounds in New Zealand local government areas? An updated 2017-2018 survey of smokefree signage and drinking fountains.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington,July 2018
- How much of Māori: European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?Public Health Expert,15 June 2018.
- Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025.Public Health Expert Blog,31 May 2018
- Actual and potential use of Google Street View for studying tobacco issues: A brief review.Tobacco Control,27(3), 339-340.
- Submission to the Tax Working Group.University of Otago, Wellington,April 2018.
- Boyd, M.Just ask Siri? A pilot study comparing smartphone digital assistants and laptop Google searches for smoking cessation advice.PLoS ONE,13(3).
- Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ.Public Health Expert,14 March 2018.
- Thomson, G.What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States?Public Health Expert,29 January 2018.
- Impact of five tobacco endgame strategies on future smoking prevalence, population health and health system costs: two modelling studies to inform the tobacco endgame.Tobacco Control,2018;27:278-286 .
- A national quitline service and its promotion in the mass media: modelling the health gain, health equity and cost-utility.Tobacco Control,2018 (4):434-441 .
- Impact of increasing tobacco taxes on working-age adults: Short-term health gain, health equity and cost savings.Tobacco Control,2018; 27:e167-e170.
- Modelling the number of quitters needed to achieve NZ’s Smokefree 2025 goal for Māori and non-Māori.ASPIRE-NIHI Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand,2018
- The BODE3 online interactive league table: Results for tobacco control interventions.ASPIRE-NIHI Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand,2018
- Petrović-van der Deen, F.S.Restricting tobacco sales to only pharmacies as an endgame strategy: Are pharmacies likely to opt in?Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health,42(2), 219-220.
- Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?Public Health Expert,11 December 2017.
- Thomson, G.Surveying all outdoor smokefree signage in contrasting suburbs: Methods and results.Health Promotion Journal of Australia,2017; 28:264.
- Patterns of Declining Smoking in NZ – But More Action Needed by the New Government.Public Health Expert,20 November 2017.
- Thomson, G.Smokefree signage at New Zealand racecourses and sports facilities with outdoor stands.New Zealand Medical Journal,130(1464), 80-86.
- Blakely, T. Cunningham, C. van der Deen, F. Erick, S. Hawke, Z. Nahu, S. Thomson, G. Thornley, L.“Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: A response to critiques.Public Health Expert,7 October 2017.
- Regulations to ban vaping in indoor settings (Oral presentation).International Conference on Tobacco Control. Taipei, Taiwan,2017, October
- Healthy playgrounds: Simple methods to gather data for monitoring health risks and for advocacy (Oral presentation).PHANZ Conference, Ōtautahi, Christchurch,2017, October
- Thomson, G.Health promotion opportunities: Smokefree signage at sports facilities and racecourses with outdoor stands (Oral presentation).PHANZ Conference, Ōtautahi, Christchurch,2017, October
- Thomson, G.Local and regional smokefree and tobaccofree action in New Zealand: Highlights and directions.New Zealand Medical Journal,130(1462), 89-101.
- Blakely, T. Cunningham, C. van der Deen, F. Hawke, Z. Nahu, S. Thomson, G. Thornley, L. Erick, S.“Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: A new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal.Public Health Expert,17 September 2017.
- Changing smoking-mortality association over time and across social groups: National census-mortality cohort studies from 1981 to 2011.Scientific Reports,7(1).
- Thomson, G.Smokefree signage at children’s playgrounds: Field observations and comparison with Google Street View.Tobacco Induced Diseases,15(1).
- Should e-cigarette use be included in indoor smoking bans?Bulletin of the World Health Organization,95(7), 540-541.
- van der Deen, F.S.A wealth of tobacco control research in New Zealand: Time for the New Zealand government to do its bit.New Zealand Medical Journal,130(1456), 6-9.
- Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?Public Health Expert,24 April 2017
- Cumulative receipt of an anti-poverty tax credit for families did not impact tobacco smoking among parents.Social Science and Medicine,179, 160-165.
- A case study of smokefree outdoor policy options for a city.Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health,41(4), 448-449.
- Actual and potential use of Google street view for studying tobacco issues: A review (Oral presentation).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,2017, March
- Mass media and quitline combined: Modelling the health gain (QALYS), equity impacts and health cost savings (Oral presentation).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,2017, March
- Can endgame interventions achieve a tobacco-free world by 2040? And with what QALY gains and cost savings? (Oral presentation).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,2017, March
- van der Deen, F.S.Pharmacists’ views on restricting tobacco and e-cigarettes sales to pharmacies only: A cross-sectional survey in New Zealand (Oral presentation).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,2017, March
- Reduced access to tobacco retailers: Modelling health, equity and cost impacts at a national (Oral presentation).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,2017, March
- Issues and options for progress towards a smokefree city: A case study for smokefree outdoor policies (Oral presentation).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,2017, March
- Gartner, C.Systematic review of biomarker studies on e-cigarettes (Oral presentation).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,2017, March
- Thomson, G.Surveying all outdoor smokefree signage in contrasting suburbs: Methods and results.Health Promotion Journal of Australia,28(3), 264-265.
- Thomson, G.Global Tobacco Industry.International Encyclopedia of Public Health,S. R. Quah & W. Cockerham (Eds.), (2nd ed., pp. 292-300): Elsevier.
- Tucker, A.Die Another Day, James Bond’s smoking over six decades.Tobacco Control,26(5), 489-490.
- Changing socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality: Cohort study with 54 million person-years follow-up 1981–2011.International Journal of Cancer,140(6), 1306-1316.
- Tobacco retail outlet restrictions: health and cost impacts from multistate life-table modelling in a national population.Tobacco Control,26(5), 579-585.
- Should Smokefree Indoor Areas = Vapefree Areas?Public Health Expert,3 October 2016.
- Perspective: Options for Licensed Retailing of Nicotine-Containing E-Cigarettes in NZ.Sciblogs,8 September 2016.
- Key design features of a new smokefree law to help achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa New Zealand 2025 Goal [Viewpoint].New Zealand Medical Journal,129(1439), 68-76.
- Key design features of a new smokefree law to help achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa.New Zealand Medical Journal,129(1439), 68-76.
- Smoking prevalence in New Zealand from 1996-2015: A critical review of national data sources to inform progress toward the Smokefree 2025 goal.New Zealand Medical Journal,129(1439), 11-22.
- What Does Recent Biomarker Literature Say About The Likely Harm From E-Cigarettes?Public Health Expert,4 July 2016.
- Thomson, G.Survey of smokefree signage at playgrounds: The potential value of comparisons with dog control signage.Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health,2016; 40: 395. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12540
- Could New Zealand’s law on “new psychoactive substances” provide lessons for achieving the Smokefree 2025 goal?New Zealand Medical Journal,129(1432), 94-96.
- Impact of standardised packaging relative to a tobacco price increase: Results of two experiments (Poster).22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA,March 2016.
- Attitudes to outdoor smokefree policies in the USA and Canada (Poster).22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA,March 2016.
- The world’s first regulated legal market for psychoactive substances: Relevance to tobacco control? (Poster).22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA,March 2016.
- Bradbrook, S.K. Gifford, H. Cunningham, C. Blakely, T. Thomson, G. Taylor, S.Is the NZ Government responding adequately to the Māori Affairs Select Committee’s 2010 recommendations on tobacco control? A brief review.New Zealand Medical Journal,129(1428), 93-97.
- Thomson, G.Evaluating smokefree compliance in a large smokefree park: Methods, issues and results.University of Otago, Wellington.
- Issues and options for progress towards a smokefree city: A case study for smokefree outdoor policies.University of Otago, Wellington.
- Ten years of a national law covering smoke-free school grounds: A brief review.Tobacco Control,25(1), 122. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052127
- The Draft NZ Health Strategy: will it enable New Zealanders to “live well, stay well and get well”?Public Health Expert,1 December 2015
- Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes in New Zealand.New Zealand Medical Journal,128(1425), 88-96.
- Attitudes to smoke-free outdoor regulations in the USA and Canada: a review of 89 surveys.Tobacco Control,Online 14 September. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052426.
- Better smokefree signs at schools and hospitals?Presented at NZ Public Health Association Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand,September, 2015
- Taming the monsters – tobacco industry corporations: problems, trends and solutions.Presented at NZ Public Health Association Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand,September, 2015
- Thomson, G.Taking the smoke out of 'a smoke and a drink'.Presented at NZ Public Health Association Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand,September, 2015
- An Act for Smokefree Aotearoa 2015.Presented at NZ Public Health Association Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand,September, 2015
- Thomson, G.Suboptimal smokefree signage at some hospitals: field observations and the use of Google Street View.New Zealand Medical Journal,128(1415), 56.
- Thomson, G. Blakely, T. van der Deen, F.S. Caldwell, B. Crane, J. Bullen, C.Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ.Public Health Expert,25 May 2015
- The Smokefree 2025 goal is in danger of receding – will the Ministry of Health’s ‘realignment’ get it back on track?Public Health Expert Blog,18 May 2015
- Realignment of tobacco control services—will it be sufficient to achieve the nation’s Smokefree 2025 Goal.New Zealand Medical Journal,128(1413), 84-87.
- The potential of Google Street View for studying smokefree signage.Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health,39(3), 295-296.
- Ten years of a national law covering smoke-free school grounds: a brief review.Tobacco Control,25(1), 122-122.
- Thomson, G.The Global Tobacco Industry.Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences,Waltham, MA, Elsevier, 2015.
- Youth exposure to in-vehicle second-hand smoke and their smoking behaviours: trends and associations in repeated national surveys (2006-2012).Tobacco Control,2015; 24:146-152.
- Estimating the ‘consumer surplus’ for branded versus standardised tobacco packaging.Tobacco Control,doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052488.
- Martin, N. McHugh, H. Murtagh, J. Oliver-Rose, C. Panesar, D. Pengelly, H. Rieper, S. Schofield, H. Singh, V. Speed, A. Strachan, R. Tapsell, T. Trafford, S. van Ryn, S. Ward, E. Whiting, R. Wilson-van Duin, M. Wu, Z. Purdie, G. van der Deen, F.S. Thomson, G. Pearson, A.L.Observational study of the visibility of branded tobacco packaging and smoking at outdoor bars/cafés in Wellington, New Zealand.NZ Med J,2014;127(1404):27-36
- Quantifying smoking behaviour, cigarette butt disposal and rates of butt accumulation in public transportation settings – Novel approaches to inform smokefree policies.Accepted in Abstract Book at New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,6-8 October 2014.
- Prospects for advancing tobacco control in Tokelau.New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,6-8 October 2014.
- Master class: Smoke Free 2025.New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,6-8 October 2014.
- Thomson, G. Martin, N. McHugh, H. Murtagh, J. Oliver-Rose, C. Panesar, D. Pengelly, H. Rieper, S. Schofield, H. Singh, V. Speed, A. Strachan, R. Tapsell, T. Trafford, S. van Ryn, S. Ward, E. Whiting, R. Wilson-van Duin, M. Wua, Z. Pearson, A. Van der Deen, F.The visibility of tobacco brand imagery on cigarette packs outside of bars and cafés.SRNT Europe Conference: Santiago de Compostela,September 18-20, 2014.
- Observed smoking by time of day.SRNT Europe Conference: Santiago de Compostela,September 18-20, 2014.
- Should New Zealand do more to help other Pacific nations become smokefree by 2025? The case of Tokelau as a potential example.NZ Med J,2014;127(1398):132-3
- Trends in smoking in vehicles at a local community-level: Wainuiomata 2005-2013.New Zealand Medical Journal,127(1397).
- Measurement of cigarette butt litter accumulation within city bus shelters.New Zealand Medical Journal,127(1395).
- Chan, J. Burnett, T. Baillie, R. Blomfield, S. Cameron-Christie, P. Dickson, J. Fleishl, W. Ghandi, S. Gordon, K. Heo, J. Kesy, A. Yu Kao, A. Kenny, C. Knight, A. Thomson, G.Smoking in outdoor areas of bars and cafés: Large differences between midday and evening prevalences.Drugs: education, prevention and policy,(0), 1-5.
- Public Attitudes to New Smokefree Outdoor Places Policies in New Zealand: An Analysis of 217 Online Comments.NZ Med J,2014;127(1392)
- Smoking close to others and butt littering at bus stops: pilot observational study.PeerJ,2:e272
- Sustainable regulation of psychoactive substances – but what about tobacco?BMJ,2014;348:g2033.
- Survey of smoking areas at bars in central Wellington City: scope for further hazard reduction?New Zealand Medical Journal,126(1387).
- Missed tobacco tax revenue from ‘foreign’ packs in New Zealand: Results from a discarded pack collection study.New Zealand Medical Journal,22 November 2013 Vol 126 No 1386.
- The Tobacco Endgame in New Zealand: How Might Tobacco Taxation Contribute for Maori and All New Zealanders? (Oral Presentation).Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,23-25 October, 2013.
- Smoking Denormalisation: What Can We Do Now? (Oral Presentation).Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,23-25 October, 2013.
- The Visibility of Smoking Outside Bars and Cafes: New Methodology and Results (Oral Presentation).Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,23-25 October, 2013.
- What is Needed to Achieve New Zealand’s Smokefree Nation Goal: Results from a Forecasting Model (Oral Presentation).Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,23-25 October, 2013.
- Impact of foreign tobacco carried into New Zealand : evidence from a discarded pack collection study (Oral Presentation).Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,23-25 October, 2013.
- How are Tobacco Companies preparing for Standardised Packaging? A Survey of discarded Tobacco Packs in New Zealand (Oral Presentation).Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,23-25 October, 2013.
- Thomson, G.Updating New Zealand’s national smokefree law to reduce anomalies and improve health protection.New Zealand Medical Journal,2013, 126 (1384) 1-3.
- Blakely, T.What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence 2025? Lots of cessation.Public Health Expert,October 16, 2013
- Thomson, G.The need for an expanded national smokefree law – just got more critical.Public Health Expert,October 4, 2013
- What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence by 2025? Modelling in a country with a smokefree goal.Tobacco Control,Published Online First:[ 26 Sept 2103] doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051196
- What is Needed to Achieve New Zealand’s Smokefree Nation Goal: Results from a Forecasting Model (Poster).Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,18-21 August.
- Secondhand smoke exposure in cars and homes is associated with susceptibility to smoking in 14-15 year old children: Repeated national survey data (Poster).Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,18-21 August.
- Daring to dream: Policy-maker and practitioner views of an ‘endgame’ solution to tobacco smoking at a country level (Oral Presentation).Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,18-21 August.
- Second-hand smoke exposure of children in cars in New Zealand: Repeated national survey data (Oral Presentation).Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,18-21 August.
- Van der Deen, F.Why a new plain packaging law should also cover cigarette design.New Zealand Medical Journal,126(1377).
- Thomson, G.Taking denormalisation seriously: Local government and outdoor smokefree places (Oral Presentation).Presented at the 21st National Conference of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA), Sydney, Australia,17-19 June 2013.
- Thomson, G.Measuring smoking in outdoor public spaces (Oral Presentation).Presented at the 21st National Conference of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA), Sydney, Australia,17-19 June 2013.
- The geography of smoking outside bars and cafés in the Wellington CBD (Oral Presentation).Presented at the 21st National Conference of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA), Sydney, Australia,17-19 June 2013.
- The presence of children in outdoor public spaces (Oral Presentation).Presented at the 21st National Conference of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA), Sydney, Australia,17-19 June 2013.
- Switch to large pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs.BMJ,2013;346:f2084.
- Potential advantages and disadvantages of an endgame strategy: a ‘sinking lid’ on tobacco supply.Tobacco Control,2013;22:i18-i21 doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050791
- Advantages and Disadvantages of a “Sinking Lid” Tobacco Endgame Strategy (Poster).Presented at the 19th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Boston USA,13-16 March 2013.
- Lessons for the Tobacco Endgame from Past Successes with Eliminating Other Hazards: Examples from New Zealand (Poster).Presented at the 19th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Boston USA,13-16 March 2013.
- Informing outdoor smokefree policy: Methods for measuring the proportion of people smoking in outdoor public areas.Health & Place,20, 19-24.
- The important persisting problem of smoking in cars with children: New data from a multi-year national survey of young people.New Zealand Medical Journal,126 (1369).
- Developing a smartphone ‘app’ for public health research: the example of measuring observed smoking in vehicles.Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health,
- Expert ranking of tobacco control interventions for health economic modelling research in New Zealand.New Zealand Medical Journal,2013;126(1368):1-4.
- Youth exposure to in-vehicle second-hand smoke and their smoking behaviours: trends and associations in repeated national surveys (2006–2012).Tobacco Control,doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051124
- Support for a tobacco endgame and increased regulation of the tobacco industry among New Zealand smokers: results from a National Survey.Tobacco Control,2013;22:e86-e93 Published Online First : 25 April 2012 doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050324