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Recent publications
- Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey.Public Health Expert,March 8 2022.
- 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.
- Changes in tobacco use during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand.Nicotine & Tobacco Research,Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa257
- New Zealand roll-your-own smokers' reaction to novel roll-your-own tobacco packaging warning labels.Drug & Alcohol Review,Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dar.13280
- Analysis of on-pack messages for e-liquids: A discrete choice study.Tobacco Control,Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056033
- Role of flavours in vaping uptake and cessation among New Zealand smokers and non-smokers: A cross-sectional study.Tobacco Control,30, 108-110. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055469
- Roll-your-own smokers' reactions to cessation-efficacy messaging integrated into tobacco packaging design: A sequential mixed-methods study.Tobacco Control,30, 405-412. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055570
- An analysis of factors prompting ENDS uptake among smokers and non-smokers (Poster).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 26th Annual Meeting,11-14 March 2020, New Orleans.
- Perceptions of vaping among smokers and non-smokers (Poster).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 26th Annual Meeting,11-14 March 2020, New Orleans.
- An analysis of factors prompting ENDS use and discontinuation among former vapers (Poster).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 26th Annual Meeting,11-14 March 2020, New Orleans
- Support for ENDS regulation among smoking and vaping groups (Poster).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 26th Annual Meeting,11-14 March 2020, New Orleans
- Effectiveness of e-cigarette information messages (Poster).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 26th Annual Meeting,11-14 March 2020, New Orleans.
- Submission on Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill.University of Otago, Wellington,March 2020
- Butting out: An analysis of support for measures to address tobacco product waste.Tobacco Control,29, 131-137. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-054956
- Is Youth Vaping a Problem in New Zealand?Sciblogs,2019, Dec 2
- Roll-your-own pouch warnings: cross-sectional online survey of exclusive and mixed roll-your-own users. [Paper presentation].Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Sydney, Australia,2019, Oct 22-24
- An exploration of smoking-to-vaping transition attempts using a "smart" electronic nicotine delivery system.Nicotine & Tobacco Research,21(10), 1339-1346.
- Smoking and Vaping Norms: A quantitative analysis [Poster].19th Annual Conference SRNT-Europe. Oslo, Norway,2019, Sept 12-14
- Determinants of support for interventions designed to manage tobacco product waste (TPW) [Poster].19th Annual Conference SRNT-Europe. Oslo Norway,2019, Sept 12-14
- How should we manage the harm caused by tobacco product waste?Sciblogs,2019, June 14
- Butting Out: Correlates of Support for Measures Addressing Tobacco Product Waste. [Oral presentation].Marketing and Public Policy Conference, Washington DC, United States,2019, June 6-8
- Smokers’ and non-smokers’ assessment of strategies to manage tobacco product waste [Poster].Society for Research into Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 25th Annual Meeting Conference, San Francisco, California, United States,2019, Feb 20-23
- Smokers’ and non-smokers’ assessment of strategies to manage tobacco product waste. [Oral presentation].Society for Research into Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 25th Annual Meeting Conference, San Francisco, California, United States,2019, Feb 20-23
- The response of young adult smokers and nonsmokers in the United Kingdom to dissuasive cigarettes: An online survey.Nicotine & Tobacco Research,21(2), 227-233.
- Big tobacco's innovative smokescreen.Australasian Science,40(1).
- Prevalence and characteristics of tobacco purchases in convenience stores: Results of a post-purchase intercept survey in Dunedin, New Zealand.Tobacco Control,28(6), 696-700.
- Young adult susceptible non-smokers' and smokers' responses to capsule cigarettes.Tobacco Control,28(5), 498-505.
- Perceptions of financial incentives for smoking cessation: A survey of smokers in a country with an endgame goal.Nicotine & Tobacco Research,20(12), 1481-1488.
- Tobacco product innovation in a smokefree world: Oxymoron or commercial cynicism?Public Health Expert,23 October 2018.
- Estimating the effects of novel on-pack warnings on young adult smokers and susceptible non-smokers.Tobacco Control,27(5), 519-525.
- How Does Transition from Smoking to Vaping Occur? An Exploratory Study using a Smart E-Cigarette. In Special Session: Adolescents, E-Cigs, Ad Claims and E-Cig Health Warnings.Marketing and Public Policy Conference, Columbus Ohio,June 2018.
- Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ.Public Health Expert,14 March 2018.
- Evaluating the emotional impact of warning images on young adult smokers and susceptible non-smokers.Journal of Health Communication,23(3), 291-298.
- Real-time vaping recorded by a “smart” e-cigarette during smoking cessation attempts: A feasibility study [Poster].Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SNRT) 24th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland,2018
- Should we pay all smokers to quit smoking? A mixed methods survey exploring New Zealand smokers’ perceptions of financial incentives.17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Cape Town, South Africa,2018
- Marketing of smoked tobacco in a smokefree world.20th Australian & New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC), Adelaide, Australia,2018
- Butting out: Strategies addressing tobacco product waste.20th Australian & New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC), Adelaide, Australia,2018
- Smart technology: Insights into smoking and “vaping” (Oral presentation).Australian & New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC), Melbourne, Australia,2017, December
- Policy options for extending standardized tobacco packaging.Bulletin of the World Health Organization,95(10), 726-728.
- New Standardised Packaging Regulations: Some good steps, but many missed opportunitiesPublic Health Expert,28 June 2017
- On-pack tobacco warnings 2.0 (Oral presentation).15th World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne, Australia,2017, 3-7 April
- Young adult smokers’ and non-smokers’ affective responses to novel on-pack warnings (Oral presentation).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,2017, March
- Pictorial warning labels 2.0: An evaluation of novel warnings (Oral presentation).Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,2017, March
- Smokers’ perceptions of the relative effectiveness of five tobacco retail reduction policies.Nicotine and Tobacco Research,19(2), 245-252.
- Evaluating the emotional impact of dissuasive images and messages on smokers and non-smokers (Oral presentation).Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC), Christchurch, New Zealand,December 2016.
- Are social warnings the new frontier in standardised tobacco packaging? (Oral presentation).Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC), Christchurch, New Zealand,December 2016.
- New Zealand Can Lead the World in Tobacco Control: Plain Packaging 2.0.Sciblogs,10 March 2016.
- Effect of exposure to smoking in movies on young adult smoking in New Zealand.PLoS ONE,11(3), e0148692. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148692
- 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.
- New Zealand smokers’ views of financial incentives to quit smoking (Oral presentation).22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting Chicago, USA,March 2016.
- New Zealand smokers’ perceptions of the effects of five theoretical tobacco retail reduction policies (Oral presentation).22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA,March 2016.
- Denormalising the object of consumption: could dissuasive sticks enhance standardised packaging?Presented at ANZMAC Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia,December, 2015
- Estimating the ‘consumer surplus’ for branded vs standardised tobacco packaging.Presented at ANZMAC Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia,December, 2015
- Dissuasive sticks: An extension of standardised (plain) packaging.Presented at Society for Research into Nicotine and Tobacco –Europe Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands,September, 2015
- Plain packaging 2.0: extending Australia’s leadership.Presented at ASH Scotland conference, Edinburgh, Scotland,June, 2015
- The next step in plain packaging? Dissuasive cigarette sticks and smokers’ choice behavior.Presented at AMA Marketing and Public Policy Conference, Washington DC, United States,June, 2015
- Use and experiences of e-cigarettes in a dark market.Presented at SRNT 21st Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA,February 2015
- Smokers’ and non-smokers’ support for endgame measures.Presented at SRNT 21st Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA,February, 2015
- Effects of brand variants on smokers’ choice behaviours and risk perceptions.Tobacco Control,doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052094.
- Dissuasive cigarette sticks: the next step in standardised ('plain') packaging?Tobacco Control,doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052533.
- Estimating the ‘consumer surplus’ for branded versus standardised tobacco packaging.Tobacco Control,doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052488.
- From initiation decoy to cessation portal: Using packaging as an agent of change.Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, Brisbane, Australia,1-3 December 2014.
- How do evocative brand variants affect smokers’ choice behaviours and risk perceptions?Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, Brisbane, Australia,1-3 December 2014.
- Smoking in movies: How a policy loophole harms young people.Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, Brisbane, Australia,1-3 December 2014.
- What does the 2025 Smokefree Goal mean to the New Zealand public?New Zealand Medical Journal,Vol 127 No 1406
- An evaluation of enhanced on-pack Quitline information formats.Accepted in Abstract Book at New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,6-8 October 2014.
- Some effects of tobacco brand descriptors on smokers perceptions and behaviours.New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,6-8 October 2014.
- Beyond retail regulation: Managing the social supply of tobacco.Marketing and Public Policy Conference, Boston,4-6 June 2014.
- Youth tobacco access: trends and policy implications.BMJ open,4(4), e004631.
- How do brand variant names affect perceptions of risk and quitting ease?The 20th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Seattle, USA,5-8 February 2014.
- Adolescents’ Tobacco Supply Sources in a Changing Policy Environment.The 20th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Seattle, USA,5-8 February 2014.
- A comparison of on-pack Quitline information formats.Tobacco control,tobaccocontrol-2014.
- Could Evocative Brand Variant Names Undermine Plain Packaging? (Oral Presentation).Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,23-25 October, 2013.
- Determinants of Adolescents’ Perceptions of Plain Packaging (Oral Presentation).Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,23-25 October, 2013.
- How do adolescents perceive plain packaging?NZ Medical Journal,Vol 126 No 1383.
- Perceptions and Misperceptions of a Smokefree Goal: Challenges for Communications (Poster).Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,18-21 August.
- New Zealand Smokers’ and Non-Smokers’ Support for End-Game Retail Policies (Oral Presentation).Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,18-21 August.
- An Evaluation of the Removal of Tobacco Retail Displays in New Zealand (Oral Presentation).Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,18-21 August.
- Advancing the retail endgame: public perceptions of retail policy interventions.Tobacco Control,advance online. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051065 (Published first 10 July 2013).
- A qualitative exploration of young adult smokers’ responses to novel tobacco warnings.BMC Public Health,2013, 13:609
- Public support for more action on smoking.New Zealand Medical Journal,126(1375)
- How Effective Are Alternative Plain Pack Designs? (Oral Presentation).Marketing and Public Policy Conference 2013: The Changing Role of Policy in Consumer Well-Being. Washington D.C.: May 30–June 1, 2013.Best Paper in Conference. Published in: Salisbury L, Seiders K eds. Conference Proceedings. American Marketing Association, Vol 23, p 42-43; 2013, Chicago.
- Mather, D. Maubach, N. Gifford, H. Erick, S. Tautolo, D. Newcombe, R.An Evaluation of Alternative Smokefree Message Themes (Oral Presentation).Paper presented by Richard Edwards at the 19th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Boston USA,13-16 March 2013.