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Professor

Richard Edwards

MB BChir, MRCP, FCPHM(NZ), MPH, MD
Co-Director ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre; Co-Director Whakahā o te Pā Harakeke Research Programme
Prof Richard Edwards

Richard trained initially as a public health doctor and has over 20 years experience in tobacco control practice and research. Richard is co-director of the ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre and Whakahā o te Pā Harakeke research programme and co-principal investigator of the Evidence for Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa Equitably (EASE) study (New Zealand arm of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Evaluation project).

 

His main research interests are in tobacco use epidemiology and tobacco control with a focus on smokefree policy research to inform the achievement of the Smokefree Aotearoa goal of ending significant tobacco use in Aotearoa/New Zealand for all peoples by 2025.

Richard is a Fellow of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and a Deputy Editor of the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. He serves on various expert advisory committees including for Hāpai Te Hauora the national tobacco control advocacy service.

Recent publications

  1. Nip, J.
    Thornley, L. Schwartz, R. Cunningham, R. Hara, M. Clancy, L. Evans, D. Howell, F. Duffy, S. Gilljam, H.
    Edwards, R.
    Commercial Tobacco Endgame Goals: Early Experiences From Six Countries
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research. ntae069.
  2. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    High regret among people who smoke reinforces strong support for smokefree legislation
    Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa
  3. Bullen, C.
    Hoek, J.
    Gregan, M. Phyo, P.
    Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen
    Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa
  4. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Reducing nicotine in tobacco would help people quit – without prohibiting cigarettes
    The Conversation
  5. Ball, J.
    Hoek, J.
    Andrew Waa
    Nip, J.
    Stanley, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research
    PHCC

    The new coalition government’s plan to repeal Aotearoa’s world-leading smokefree law flies in the face of public opinion, with new research demonstrating strong support for smokefree measures from

  6. Hammond, D Reid, J
    Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Burkhalter, R
    ITC Youth & Young Adult Survey: support and perceived impact of key Smokefree policies in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    A national survey was conducted in 2023 in Aotearoa /New Zealand among 3,414 youth (aged 16-19) and young adults (aged 20-29) as part of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation Pr

  7. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Ball, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Kurr, J
    Graham-DeMello, A.
    Hardie, L Baker, M
    McCool, J.
    Waa, A.
    The Smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not
    PHCC
  8. Edwards, R.
    Thomas, L.
    Stanley, J.
    Hoek, J.
    New Zealand adolescents’ responses to plain packaging and new pictorial warning labels: Repeat cross-sectional survey analysis
    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
  9. Edwards, R.
    The Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 action plan - Is the endgame in sight?
    World No Tobacco Day Symposium- Tobacco Endgame Centre of Research Excellence
  10. Martins, JS. McAllister, S. da Conceição Matos, L. Pereira, N. Dos Santos, FB.
    Edwards, R.
    Smoking Among High School Students in Dili, Timor-Leste: Prevalence, Potential Determinants and Opportunities for Prevention and Control
    Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health.
  11. Howden-Chapman, P. Bennett, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Jacobs, D. Nathan, K. Ormandy, D.
    Review of the Impact of Housing Quality on Inequalities in Health and Wellbeing
    Annual Review of Public Health, 2023;44:10.1–10.22.
  12. Ball, J.
    Zhang, J.
    Stanley, J.
    Bowden, J.
    Waa, A.
    Hammond, D.
    Edwards, R.
    Early‐onset smoking and vaping of cannabis: Prevalence, correlates and trends in New Zealand 14–15‐year‐olds
    Drug and Alcohol Review
  13. Hoek, J.
    Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Teddy, L.
    Graham-DeMello, A.
    Robertson, L
    The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy.
    Public Health Expert,
    June 28 2022.
  14. Edwards, R.
    Progress and lessons learned on the way to a Smokefree Aotearoa/New Zealand (Recorded presentation).
    Korean SRNT, Seoul,
    June 24, 2022.
  15. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Momentum builds to end the smoking epidemic.
    Newsroom,
    June 21 2022.
  16. Dell, C.
    Edwards, R.
    Gilmore, A.
    Hoek, J.
    Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?
    Public Health Expert,
    June 7 2022.
  17. Edwards, R.
    The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan (Oral presentation).
    SUDI Prevention Conference, Rotorua,
    May 31 2022.
  18. Ball, J.
    Crossin, R. Boden, J. Crengle, S.
    Edwards, R.
    Long-term trends in adolescent alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use and emerging substance use issues in Aotearoa New Zealand.
    Published online J Royal Soc NZ.
  19. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Smoking, denormalization and tobacco endgames.
    Public Health Expert,
    March 24 2022.
  20. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Submission to consultation on Australian Draft: National Tobacco Strategy 2022–2030.
    University of Otago, Wellington,
    March 24 2022.
  21. Edwards, R.
    Karreman, N. Gilmore, A.
    Hoek, J.
    Evaluating tobacco industry ‘transformation’” a proposed rubric and analysis (Poster).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, Maryland, USA,
    March 15-18, 2022.
  22. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    Ball, J.
    Kaai, S.C. Ouimet, J. Martin, N. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.T.
    The New Zealand smokefree 2025 action plan: support for and anticipated behavioural responses to key measures among smokers in the ITC New Zealand (EASE) 2018 and 2020 surveys (Poster).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, Maryland, USA,
    March 15-18, 2022.
  23. Edwards, R.
    The Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 action plan (Oral presentation).
    Presented in Symposium 3 The Action Plan for New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal: a blueprint for the smoking endgame? Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, Maryland, USA,
    March 15-18, 2022.
  24. Hoek, J.
    Ball, J.
    Robertson, L
    Gendall, P.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey.
    Public Health Expert,
    March 8 2022.
  25. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    From social accessory to societal disapproval: smoking, social norms and tobacco endgames.
    Tobacco Control,
    2022;31:358-364.
  26. Gifford, H. Tautolo, E.
    McCool, J.
    Gartner, C.
    Edwards, R.
    Maddox, R.
    Getting there together: highlights, challenges and opportunities for tobacco control in the Oceania region.
    Tobacco Control,
    2022;31:164-168.
  27. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Karreman, N. Gilmore, A.
    Evaluating tobacco industry ‘transformation’: a proposed rubric and analysis.
    Tobacco Control,
    2022;31:313-321.
  28. Hird, T.R. Gallagher, A.W.A. Evans-Reeves, K. Zatoński, M. Dance, S. Diethelm, P.A.
    Edwards, R.
    Gilmore, A.B.
    Understanding the long-term policy influence strategies of the tobacco industry: two contemporary case studies.
    Tobacco Control,
    2022;31:297-307.
  29. Puljević, C. Morphett, K. Hefler, M.
    Edwards, R.
    Walker, N. Thomas, D.P. Khan, M.A. Perusco, A. Le Grande, M. Cullerton, K. Quakrim, D.A. Carstenen, G. Sellars, D.
    Hoek, J.
    Borland, R. Bonevski, B. Blakely, T. Brolan, C. Gartner, C.E.
    Closing the gaps in tobacco endgame evidence: a scoping review.
    Tobacco Control,
    2022;31:365-375
  30. Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Nghiem, N. Summers, J. Grout, L.
    Edwards, R.
    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.
  31. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    New Zealand: Ground-breaking action plan may help country achieve its Smokefree 2025 goal.
    (Blog) Tobacco Control,
    12 January, 2022.
  32. Hoek, J.
    Lee, E.
    Teddy, L.
    Fenton, E.
    Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    How do New Zealand youth perceive the smoke-free generation policy? A qualitative analysis.
    Tobacco Control.
  33. Barbalich, I.
    Gartner, C.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    New Zealand Smokers’ Perceptions of Tobacco Endgame Measures: A Qualitative Analysis.
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
    2022; 24: 93-99.
  34. Edwards, R.
    Ball, J.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Waa, A.
    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.
  35. Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Summers, J. Quakrim, D.A.
    Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Blakely, T.
    Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies.
    Public Health Expert,
    November 23, 2021.
  36. Edwards, R.
    Bullen, C.
    Make cigarettes nicotine-free and we’ll stub out smoking for good.
    The Spinoff,
    October 14 2021.
  37. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    World-leading action plan on smoking will reduce harm.
    Otago Daily Times,
    15 September, 2021.
  38. Barbalich, I. Gartner, C.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    New Zealand smokers’ perceptions of tobacco endgame measures: A qualitative analysis.
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
    Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab161
  39. Ball, J.
    Zhang, J.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    Gurram, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Has increasing internet use contributed to the decline in adolescent smoking?
    Drug and Alcohol Review,
    2022; 41(2): 365-376.
  40. Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Nghiem, N. Summers, J. Grout, L.
    Edwards, R.
    A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?
    Public Health Expert,
    September 6 2021.
  41. Ball, J.
    Zhang, J.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    Gurram, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Has increasing internet use due to smartphone uptake contributed to the decline in adolescent smoking?
    Drug & Alcohol Review,
    Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dar.13378
  42. Ball, J.
    Zhang, J. Hammond, D. Boden, J.
    Stanley, J.
    Edwards, R.
    The rise of cannabis vaping: Implications for survey design.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    134(1540), 95-98
  43. Edwards, R.
    Marsh, L.
    Petrovic-van der Deen, F.
    Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there?
    Public Health Expert,
    August 12, 2021.
  44. Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke.
    Public Health Expert,
    August 10, 2021
  45. Edwards, R.
    Members of ASPIRE 2025
    New Zealand Government proposes world-leading action plan to achieve Smokefree 2025 goal.
    PHANZ Policy Spot,
    July 23 2021.
  46. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Tautolo, E-S.
    Ball, J.
    Stanley, J.
    The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project.
    Public Health Expert,
    July 5, 2021.
  47. Edwards, R.
    Achieving a Smokefree Aotearoa (oral presentation).
    In ‘Commercial Tobacco Endgame Strategies: Perspectives on How to Successfully End the Tobacco Epidemic’ (oral presentation). SRNT-U Policy Research Network Webinar. June 28, 2021 .
  48. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    Ouimet, J. Fong, G. T.
    Support for New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal and key measures to achieve it: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey.
    Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health,
    Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13129
  49. Gallagher, A.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and Evidence.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    27 May, 2021.
  50. Hoek, J.
    Barbalich, I.
    Edwards, R.
    Gartner, C.
    A qualitative analysis of how people who smoke and manage lower incomes perceive the Smokefree 2025 goal.
    New Zealand Medical Journal
    134(1535), 83-87
  51. Hoek, J.
    Gendall, P.
    Novotny, T.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Thrasher, J.
    The Case for Banning Cigarette Filters: Addressing a Consumer Fraud, Smoking Decoy and Environmental Hazard.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    17 May, 2021.
  52. Ball, J.
    Berrick, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Petrovic-van der Deen, F.
    Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    14 May, 2021
  53. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Thomson, G.
    Marsh, L.
    Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    11 May, 2021.
  54. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Petrovic-van der Deen, F. Thomson, G.
    Marsh, L.
    Reducing tobacco retail availability: how could this be achieved and what evidence supports the NZ Government’s proposals?
    Public Health Expert,
    May 6, 2021.
  55. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Submission on Smokefree 2025 Action Plan consultation.
    University of Otago, Wellington,
    May 2021
  56. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Bullen, C.
    Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the proposals for achieving Smokefree Aotearoa 2025.
    Public Health Expert,
    April 30, 2021.
  57. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Congratulations to the Government.
    Public Health Expert,
    April 16, 2021.
  58. Pearson, J. L.
    Waa, A.
    Siddiqi, K.
    Edwards, R.
    Henderson, P. N. Hooper, M. W.
    Naming racism, not race, as a determinant of tobacco-related health disparities.
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
    23(6), 885-887. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab059
  59. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Submission on Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990: Proposals for Regulations.
    University of Otago, Wellington,
    March 2021
  60. Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Thomson, G. Blakely, T.
    Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    29 January, 2021.
  61. Ball, J.
    Zhang, J. Boden, J.
    Waa, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Gurram, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Prevalence and correlates of early-onset cannabis use in Aotearoa New Zealand.
    Proceedings of the APSAD Scientific Drug & Alcohol Conference
  62. Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Nghiem, N. Summers, J. Grout, L.
    Edwards, R.
    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
  63. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    White, M.
    Waa, A.
    Chung-Hall, J. Ofeibea Indome, E. Meng, G. Craig, L. Fong, G.
    E-cigarette use and related attitudes and beliefs: Evidence from the 2016 and 2018 ITC New Zealand Surveys.
    University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  64. Ball, J.
    Tautolo, E-S. Wong, S. Sim, D.
    Edwards, R.
    Smoking in New Zealand Pacific adolescents.
    University of Otago, Wellington
  65. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    New Zealand: Government proposes world-leading action plan to achieve smokefree 2025 goal [News analysis].
    Tobacco Control,
    30(5), 482-483. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056941
  66. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Waa, A.
    What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?
    Public Health Expert,
    December 14 2020
  67. Gartner, C. Bonevski, B. Blakely, T.
    Edwards, R.
    Lovett, R. Rimmer, M. Borland, R. Fong, G. Farrell, M. Walker, N. Thomas, D. Chan, G. Scollo, M. Segan, C.
    Hoek, J.
    Hammond, D. Baker, A.
    Waa, A.
    Dunlop, A.
    CREATE a new path to a smoke-free Australia.
    Medical Journal of Australia InSight,
    12 October 2020.
  68. White, M.
    Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Ouimet, J. et al.
    Reasons for stopping e-cigarette use among smokers: Findings from the 2018 ITC New Zealand Survey.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    133(1523), 117-121.
  69. Hoek, J.
    Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Getting the marketing mix right: a commentary on NZ’s forthcoming vaping regulations.
    Public Health Expert blog,
    Oct 1 2020
  70. Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Sim, D. Cook, H. Denny, S.
    What explains the decline in adolescent binge-drinking in New Zealand?
    International Journal of Drug Policy,
    84, 102826. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102826
  71. Edwards, R.
    Endgames, ENDs and regulatory policy: observations from down-under.
    Presentation to University of Bristol Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group (webinar).
    September 25 2020.
  72. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    23 September 2020.
  73. Edwards, R.
    Sweet as? She’ll be right? What’s happening with Smokefree Aotearoa?
    Presentation to University of Bath Tobacco Control Research Group (webinar).
    September 23 2020
  74. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Cigarette firms must deal with their own mess.
    Otago Daily Times,
    September 18 2020
  75. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    White, M. Kaai, S.C. Ouimet, J. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.T.
    Patterns of use of vaping products among smokers: Findings from the 2016-2018 International Tobacco Control (ITC) New Zealand Surveys.
    International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health,
    17(18), 1-15. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186629
  76. Edwards, R.
    Munafò, M.
    COVID-19 and tobacco: More questions than answers.
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
    22(9), 1644-1645.
  77. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    23 September 2020
  78. Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Smoke-free cars legislation: It works but New Zealand should still rigorously evaluate its upcoming law.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    133(1520), 106-110.
  79. Edwards, R.
    Has the time come to focus on (young adult) smoking uptake prevention?
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
    22(7), 1061-1062.
  80. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    E-cigarettes, vaping and a Smokefree Aotearoa: Where to next?
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    133(1517), 14-17.
  81. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    4 June 2020
  82. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    White, M.
    Waa, A.
    Chung-Hall, J. Meng, G. Craig, L. Fong, G.
    Awareness and support for New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal and key measures to achieve it. International Tobacco Control (ITC) New Zealand and ITC Cross-Country findings.
    Wellington, June 2020.
  83. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    29 May, 2020
  84. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    29 May, 2020
  85. Edwards, R.
    The place of non-combustible alternative nicotine delivery systems (ANDS) and developments in regulation in an endgame context: The New Zealand experience (oral presentation).
    SRNT Policy Network Webinar. Emerging non-combustible nicotine and tobacco products: a global policy perspective.
    May 20 2020
  86. Edwards, R.
    Smokefree Aotearoa: what are the lessons for achieving endgames for the smoking epidemic?
    Webinar presentation for the Office of Research and Surveillance Seminar series, Health Canada,
    May 7 2020
  87. Hoek, J.
    Gilmore, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    March 27, 2020.
  88. Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    White, M. Kaai, S. Quimet, J. Quah, A. Fong, G.
    Normative beliefs about the social acceptability of smoking and associations with quitting behaviour findings from 2016-2018 ITC New Zealand survey (Poster).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 26th Annual Meeting,
    11-14 March 2020, New Orleans.
  89. Haggart, K.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Smoking denormalisation: a conceptual framework (Poster).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 26th Annual Meeting,
    11-14 March 2020, New Orleans.
  90. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    White, M. Kaai, S. Ouimet, J. Quah, A. Fong, G.
    Denormalisation of smokers in the context of an endgame goal. findings of the ITC New Zealand survey (Poster).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 26th Annual Meeting,
    11-14 March 2020, New Orleans.
  91. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Ball, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Gendall, P.
    Marsh, L.
    Submission on Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill.
    University of Otago, Wellington,
    March 2020
  92. Edwards, R.
    A Smokefree Aotearoa: could community pharmacies help us get there?
    Contact (Magazine for members of the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand),
    March 2020
  93. Signal, L.N.
    Edwards, R.
    Gage, R. Jackson, N. McKerchar, C. Sarfati, D.
    The state of cancer prevention in Aotearoa New Zealand: Slow progress requires political leadership and investment for health and equity.
    Journal of Cancer Policy,
    23, 100212. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpo.2019.100212
  94. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G.
    Proposed Vaping Regulations for NZ: Strengths and Limitations.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    24 February, 2020
  95. White, M.
    Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Kaai, S.C. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.T.
    Reasons for stopping e-cigarette use amongst smokers: Findings from the 2018 ITC New Zealand Survey.
    European Conference on Tobacco or Health, Berlin, Germany
    February 19-22, 2020
  96. Edwards, R.
    White, M.
    Stanley, J.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Kaai, S.C. Ouimet, J. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.T.
    The Impact of Enhanced Pictorial Health Warnings: Pre-Post Evaluation Findings from the 2016-18 ITC New Zealand Surveys.
    European Conference on Tobacco or Health,
    Berlin, Germany: February 19-22, 2020.
  97. Edwards, R.
    White, M.
    Stanley, J.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Chung-Hall, J. Sansone, G. Driezen, P. Meng, G. Craig, L. Fong, G.
    Standardised packaging for tobacco products in New Zealand: evidence of policy impact from the International Tobacco Control Evaluation Project.
    Wellington, February 2020.
  98. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Thomson, G.
    Waa, A.
    Wilson, N.
    Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    January 16 2020
  99. Waa, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Robson, B. Quah, A. Fong, G.T.
    Perceptions of smoker stigmatization among New Zealand Māori and quitting behaviour findings from the Indigenous ITC NZ study.
    Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 130).
  100. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Thomson, G.W.
    Waa, A.
    Wilson, N.
    Tobacco excise taxes: A health and social justice measure?
    Tobacco Control,
    Advance online publication.
  101. Edwards, R.
    Hardening is dead, long live softening: Time to focus on reducing disparities in smoking.
    Tobacco Control,
    29(3), 250-251. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055067
  102. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Waa, A.
    Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    2019, Dec 17
  103. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Gendall, P.
    Ball, J.
    McCool, J.
    Waa, A.
    Freeman, B.
    Is Youth Vaping a Problem in New Zealand?
    Sciblogs,
    2019, Dec 2
  104. Oakly, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Martin, G.
    Prevalence of e-cigarette use from a nationally representative sample in New Zealand.
    Addictive Behaviors,
    98, Article 106024.
  105. Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Thomson, G.
    Waa, A.
    Hoek, J.
    The pros and cons of a smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal: The case is overwhelmingly pro for NZ.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    2019, Oct 31
  106. McKiernan, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    Kaai, S.C. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.T.
    Edwards, R.
    Beliefs among adult smokers and quitters about nicotine and de-nicotinized cigarettes in the 2016-17 ITC New Zealand Survey.
    Tobacco Regulatory Science,
    5(5), 400-409.
  107. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Waa, A.
    Tobacco issues paper [Oral presentation].
    Knowledge Exchange Workshop on Pricing Policies for Tobacco, Alcohol and Food. Health Coalition Aotearoa. Wellington, New Zealand,
    2019, April 30
  108. Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Cook, H. Sim, D.
    Trends in smoking, drinking, cannabis use and sexual behavior in Australia, England, New Zealand and the United States, 1990-2017: What are the patterns, and what do they suggest about the causes of declining adolescent risk behaviour? [Oral presentation]
    Youth Drinking in Decline: Thematic Meeting of the Kettil Bruun Society, Krakow, Poland,
    2019, April 10-12
  109. Thornley, L.
    Edwards, R.
    Schwartz, R. Hara, M. Clancy, L. Duffy, S. Gilljam, H.
    What is happening in countries with tobacco endgame goals? Findings from the INSPIRED (Network to Share Insights on Tobacco Endgames) project [Oral presentation].
    The 23rd International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference on Health Promotion, Rotorua, New Zealand,
    2019, April 7-11
  110. Ball, J.
    Sim, D.
    Edwards, R.
    Addressing ethnic disparities in adolescent smoking: Is reducing exposure to smoking in the home a key?
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
    21(4), 430-438.
  111. Thornley, L.
    Edwards, R.
    Schwartz, R. Hara, M. Clancy, L. Duffy, S. Gilljam, H.
    Findings from the INSPIRED (Network to Share Insights on Tobacco Endgames) project [Oral presentation].
    Society for Research into Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 25th Annual Meeting Conference, San Francisco, California, United States,
    2019, Feb 20-23
  112. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    McKiernan, A. Kaai, S.C. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.T.
    Support among smokers and recent quitters for measures included in a plan to achieve smokefree 2025: Findings from the ITC New Zealand survey. [Oral presentation].
    Society for Research into Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 25th Annual Meeting Conference, San Francisco, California, United States,
    2019, Feb 20-23
  113. Gravely, S. Driezen, P. Ouimet, J. Quah, A.C.K. Cummings, K.M. Thompson, M.E. Boudreau, C. Hammond, D. McNeill, A. Borland, R. Thrasher, J.F.
    Edwards, R.
    Omar, M. Hitchman, S.C. Yong, H.H. Barrientos-Gutierrez, T. Willemsen, M.C. Bianco, E. Boado, M. Goma, F.M. Seo, H.G. Nargis, N. Jiang, Y. Perez, C.A. Fong, G.T.
    Prevalence of awareness, ever-use and current use of nicotine vaping products (NVPs) among adult current smokers and ex-smokers in 14 countries with differing regulations on sales and marketing of NVPs: Cross-sectional findings from the ITC Project.
    Addiction,
    114(6), 1060-1073.
  114. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    What does the EY Tobacco Excise Tax Evaluation Report mean for reaching the Smokefree 2025 Goal?
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    2019, Jan 24
  115. Edwards, R.
    Hardening is dead, long live softening; time to focus on reducing disparities in smoking.
    Tobacco Control.
  116. Wilson, N.
    Petrović-van der Deen, F.S.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Blakely, T.
    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.
  117. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Smoking elimination impetus must persist.
    Otago Daily Times,
    6 December 2018.
  118. Edwards, R.
    Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: could calling last orders for smoking in bars help us get there?
    ASPAD Scientific Alcohol and Drug Conference, Auckland,
    November 4, 2018.
  119. Edwards, R.
    Smokefree Aotearoa - 2025: Could calling last orders for smoking in bars help us get there?
    APSAD Scientific Alcohol and Drug Conference, Auckland, New Zealand,
    2018
  120. Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa for all by 2025. In Stop Cancer Before it Starts: Saving lives with effective tobacco, alcohol and obesity policies.
    Symposium. Cancer Society of New Zealand Cancer Research Week, Auckland,
    29 October 2018.
  121. Ball, J.
    Sim, D.
    Edwards, R.
    Why has adolescent smoking declined dramatically? Trend analysis using repeat cross-sectional data from New Zealand 2002-2015.
    BMJ Open,
    8(10).
  122. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. G, Fong.
    A toxic brew. Smoking and drinking among indigenous and non-indigenous smokers: Findings from the New Zealand ITC survey [Poster].
    12th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health, Bali, Indonesia,
    13-15 September 2018.
  123. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Achieving the tobacco endgame: the case for very low nicotine cigarettes. Findings from indigenous and non-indigenous smokers and recent quitters in the ITC New Zealand Survey [Poster].
    12th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health, Bali, Indonesia,
    13-15 September 2018.
  124. Sim, D.
    Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Tautolo, D.
    Smoking in Pacific adolescents.
    Pacific Smokefree Network Fono, Auckland,
    5 September 2018.
  125. Thornley, L.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Thomson, G.
    Evidence and feasibility review: Summary report.
    ASPIRE 2025, University of Otago, Wellington,
  126. Thomson, G. Witt, M.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Opinion: Smokefree 2025 - An opportunity for Government.
    Otago Bulletin Board. Otago Bulletin,
    18 July 2018.
  127. Witt, M.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    The smokefree 2025 goal: An opportunity for the new government.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    131 (1477), 123-125.
  128. Edwards, R.
    Thornley, L.
    Achieving endgames. Lessons from the international endgames comparison project and New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal – invited plenary address. “För ett rökfritt Sverige 2025”.
    Tobacco Endgame Sweden 2025, Stockholm, Sweden,
    12-13 June 2018.
  129. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    A qualitative analysis of dual use behaviours among smoker-vapers.
    Marketing and Public Policy Conference, Columbus, Ohio,
    June 2018.
  130. Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Hoek, J.
    Thornley, L.
    Wilson, N.
    Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025.
    Public Health Expert Blog,
    31 May 2018
  131. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    How can we make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025?
    The Spinoff,
    May 31 2018.
  132. Wilson, N.
    Pearson, A.L. Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Actual and potential use of Google Street View for studying tobacco issues: A brief review.
    Tobacco Control,
    27(3), 339-340.
  133. Signal, L.N. Bowers, S.G.
    Edwards, R.
    Gifford, H. Hudson, S. Jenkin, G.L.S. Lanumata, T.S. Russell, M.L. Thomson, G. Walton, M.D.
    Process, pitfalls and profits: Lessons from interviewing New Zealand policy-makers.
    Health Promotion International,
    2018; 33(2): 187–194. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daw065
  134. Thompson, G. Beaglehole, R. Delany, L.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    van der Deen, F. Youdan, B.
    Submission to the Tax Working Group.
    University of Otago, Wellington,
    April 2018.
  135. Signal, L.N. Bowers, S.G.
    Edwards, R.
    Gifford, H. Hudson, S. Jenkin, G.L.S. Walton, M.D.
    Process, pitfalls and profits: Lessons from interviewing New Zealand policy-makers.
    Health Promotion International,
    33(2), 187-194.
  136. Hoek, J.
    Gendall, P.
    Edwards, R.
    Nahu, S.
    Wilson, N.
    Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ.
    Public Health Expert,
    14 March 2018.
  137. Edwards, R.
    Tu, D.
    Stanley, J.
    Martin, G. Gifford, H. Newcombe, R.
    Smoking prevalence among doctors and nurses: 2013 New Zealand census data.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    131(1471), 48-57.
  138. Edwards, R.
    An action plan for Smokefree Aotearoa (New Zealand) 2025.
    In Roadmaps to a Tobacco- and Nicotine-free Society Symposium. 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Cape Town, South Africa,
    March 7-9, 2018.
  139. Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. C.K.Quah, A. Fong, G.
    Achieving the tobacco endgame: The case for removing additives: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey.
    17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Cape Town, South Africa,
    2018
  140. Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Indigenous and non-indigenous experiences and views of tobacco tax increases: Findings from the ITC New Zealand survey.
    Tobacco Induced Diseases,
    16(Suppl. 1), A684
  141. Logan, S. Twine, S. Bromiley, G. Curtis, H.
    Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Factors influencing the smoking status of ex-prisoners reintegrating into the community after release: A pilot study.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    131(1470), 94-96.
  142. Ball, J.
    Sim, D.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Addressing ethnic disparities in adolescent smoking: Is reducing exposure to smoking in the home a key? [Poster].
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Conference, Baltimore,
    22-24 February 2018.
  143. Ball, J.
    Sim, D.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Exposure to smoking in the home: A key to reducing ethnic disparities in smoking among adolescents? [Poster].
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SNRT) 24th Annual Meeting, Baltimore,
    22-24 February 2018.
  144. Edwards, R.
    Lest we forget: Harm-reduction research is important and increasing, but other facets of tobacco control research remain a high priority.
    Nicotine and Tobacco Research,
    20(2), 145-146.
  145. Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Indigenous and non-indigenous experiences and views of tobacco tax increases: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey [Poster].
    17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Cape Town, South Africa,
    2018
  146. Sim, D.
    Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    The effect of tobacco price changes on adolescent smoking [Poster].
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SNRT) 24th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland,
    2018
  147. Hogg, S.L. Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Achieving an end to government tobacco tax revenues: Another challenge for the tobacco endgame? [Poster].
    17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Cape Town, South Africa,
    2018
  148. Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Use of roll-your-own tobacco among smokers in New Zealand: results from the ITC New Zealand Survey [Poster].
    17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Cape Town, South Africa,
    2018
  149. Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Use of e-cigarettes among smokers and recent quitters: results from the ITC New Zealand Survey [Poster].
    17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Cape Town, South Africa,
    2018
  150. Wilson, N.
    Petrovic-van der Deen, F.S.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Blakely, T.
    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
  151. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    “It Didn’t Fill the Void”: Reasons for e-cigarette and tobacco dual use.
    17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Cape Town, South Africa,
    2018
  152. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A. Fong, G.
    Smoking and quitting in social networks among indigenous and non-indigenous smokers: Findings from the ITC New Zealand survey.
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SNRT) 24th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland,
    2018
  153. Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Waa, A.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A. Fong, G.
    Hardening among indigenous and non-indigenous smokers: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey.
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SNRT) 24th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland,
    2018
  154. Edwards, R.
    Thornley, L.
    Endgames for smoking: How does Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 compare internationally?
    UOW Public Health Seminar, Wellington, New Zealand,
    2018
  155. Edwards, R.
    ITC project first-wave findings: Support for ASAP action plan recommendations.
    ASPIRE-NIHI Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand,
    2018
  156. Edwards, R.
    Thornley, L.
    INSPIRED: Lessons from other countries with endgames.
    ASPIRE-NIHI Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand,
    2018
  157. Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Jaine, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Ball, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?
    Public Health Expert,
    11 December 2017.
  158. Wilson, N.
    van der Deen, F.S.
    Edwards, R.
    Thomson, G.
    Waa, A.
    Blakely, T.
    Patterns of Declining Smoking in NZ – But More Action Needed by the New Government.
    Public Health Expert,
    20 November 2017.
  159. Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Views about e-cigarettes among smokers and recent quitters: results from the New Zealand ITC project (Oral presentation).
    From vision to reality: a tobacco-free Oceania. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Hobart, Australia,
    2017, October
  160. Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Patterns of use of e-cigarettes among smokers and recent quitters: results from the New Zealand ITC project (Oral presentation).
    From vision to reality: a tobacco-free Oceania. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Hobart, Australia,
    2017, October
  161. Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Smokers’ awareness, understanding and support for Smokefree 2025: results from the New Zealand ITC project (Oral presentation).
    From vision to reality: a tobacco-free Oceania. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Hobart, Australia,
    2017, October
  162. Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Smoker support for retail and supply interventions: results from the New Zealand ITC project (Oral presentation).
    From vision to reality: a tobacco-free Oceania. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Hobart, Australia,
    2017, October
  163. Edwards, R.
    Tu, D.
    Stanley, J.
    Martin, G. Newcombe, R.
    High and very low smoking prevalence occupations: data from the New Zealand census (Oral presentation).
    From vision to reality: a tobacco-free Oceania. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Hobart, Australia,
    2017, October
  164. Edwards, R.
    Oceania today, our realities: New Zealand (Oral presentation).
    From vision to reality: a tobacco-free Oceania. Opening Plenary. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Hobart, Australia,
    17-19 October 2017.
  165. Edwards, R.
    Blakely, T. Cunningham, C. van der Deen, F. Erick, S. Hawke, Z.
    Hoek, J.
    Nahu, S. Thomson, G. Thornley, L.
    Waa, A.
    Wilson, N.
    “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: A response to critiques.
    Public Health Expert,
    7 October 2017.
  166. Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    New Zealand: Bold Plan for a Smoke-Free Future.
    Tobacco Control,
    26(6), 615.
  167. Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Regulations to ban vaping in indoor settings (Oral presentation).
    International Conference on Tobacco Control. Taipei, Taiwan,
    2017, October
  168. Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Māori smoker perceptions of tobacco tax (Oral presentation).
    From vision to reality: a tobacco-free Oceania. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Hobart, Australia,
    2017, October
  169. Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Stanley, J.
    Kaai, S. Quah, A.C.K. Fong, G.
    Māori smoker support for achieving a Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025 (Oral presentation).
    From vision to reality: a tobacco-free Oceania. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Hobart, Australia,
    2017, October
  170. Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Cook, H.
    Why are New Zealand’s rates of teen smoking, drinking, drug use and pregnancy much lower now than in the 1990s? (Oral presentation).
    PHANZ Conference, Ōtautahi, Christchurch,
    2017, October
  171. Edwards, R.
    Blakely, T. Cunningham, C. van der Deen, F. Hawke, Z.
    Hoek, J.
    Nahu, S. Thomson, G. Thornley, L.
    Waa, A.
    Wilson, N.
    Erick, S.
    “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: A new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal.
    Public Health Expert,
    17 September 2017.
  172. Edwards, R.
    Hefty tax rise pushed in urgent smokefree action plan.
    Dominion Post,
    August 2 2017.
  173. Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Thornley, L. Thomson, G.
    Achieving smokefree Aotearoa by 2025: Monitoring and evaluation plan.
    ASPIRE 2025, University of Otago, Wellington,
  174. Thornley, L.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Thomson, G.
    Achieving smokefree Aotearoa by 2025: Engagement with stakeholders: Summary report.
    ASPIRE 2025, University of Otago, Wellington,
  175. Thornley, L.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Thomson, G.
    Achieving smokefree Aotearoa by 2025.
    ASPIRE 2025, University of Otago, Wellington,
  176. Edwards, R.
    Thornley, L. Thomson, G.
    Waa, A.
    Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Progress report.
    ASPIRE 2025, University of Otago, Wellington,
  177. Edwards, R.
    Sim, D.
    Ball, J.
    Hoek, J.
    Beaglehole, R.
    Waa, A.
    Surveys show exposure to smoking in cars among year 10 children is not decreasing: Time for the government to act.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    130(1458), 56-58.
  178. Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Should e-cigarette use be included in indoor smoking bans?
    Bulletin of the World Health Organization,
    95(7), 540-541.
  179. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Marsh, L.
    McGee, R.
    Opinion: How might a lethal product be sold safely?
    Dominion Post,
    June 1 2017.
  180. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Beaglehole, R.
    Smoking in the car? Time to stub it out!
    Otago Daily Times,
    May 4 2017.
  181. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Experience and lessons from the first five years of trying to end the smoking epidemic in New Zealand (Oral presentation).
    15th World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne, Australia,
    2017, 3-7 April
  182. Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Cook, H.
    Why are the adolescents of today in many high-income countries less likely to smoke, drink, take drugs or have sexual intercourse than those of the 1990s? (Oral presentation).
    15th World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne, Australia,
    2017, April
  183. Wilson, N.
    Pearson, A.L. Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    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
  184. Pickworth, W. Evans, D.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Roll your own cigarettes: Shining a light on a neglected aspect of the smoking epidemic (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  185. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Could social movements galvanise endgame momentum? (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  186. Hoek, J.
    Ball, J.
    Gifford, H. Tautolo, E.S.
    Edwards, R.
    Erick, S. Taylor, T.
    Young adult smokers’ perceptions of endgame interventions: A qualitative analysis (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  187. Edwards, R.
    Li, J.
    Stanley, J.
    Hoek, J.
    How does the impact of pictorial health warnings vary by ethnicity and type of cigarette smoked? (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  188. Edwards, R.
    Healey, B.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Politicians’ references to New Zealand’s smokefree 2025 goal: A barometer of political will (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  189. Edwards, R.
    Healey, B.
    Hoek, J.
    Patterns of roll-your-own tobacco use among adolescents and young adults in New Zealand (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  190. Edwards, R.
    Smokefree 2025 and ASPIRE 2025 – research to achieve the endgame for tobacco smoking (Oral presentation).
    Innovations in Tobacco Control Seminar series, Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA,
    2017, March
  191. Ball, J.
    Sim, D. Erick, S.
    Edwards, R.
    Declining exposure to smoking in the home is an important driver of rapidly declining smoking in 14-15 year olds in New Zealand (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  192. Townsley, H. Woodhams, R. Arslanova, A. Marshall, H. Lahood, Z. Chia, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Better Help for Smokers to Quit targets need evaluation and integration with community-based services.
    The New Zealand medical journal,
    130(1449), 75-77.
  193. Waa, A.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Maclaurin, J.
    Analysis of the logic and framing of a tobacco industry campaign opposing standardised packaging legislation in New Zealand.
    Tobacco Control,
    26(6), 629-633.
  194. Jaine, R.
    Edwards, R.
    Ball, J.
    Sim, D. Thomson, G. Beaglehole, R.
    Overwhelming support for smokefree cars that are carrying children: Is the Government listening?
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    130(1465), 104-106.
  195. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Waa, A.
    New Zealand smoking-free by 2025: Endgame against tobacco (Nieuw-Zeeland rookvrij in 2025: Eindspel tegen tabak).
    Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde,
    161(12), 41-43.
  196. Edwards, R.
    Tu, D. Newcombe, R. Holland, K. Walton, D.
    Achieving the tobacco endgame: Evidence on the hardening hypothesis from repeated cross-sectional studies in New Zealand 2008-2014.
    Tobacco Control,
    26(4), 399-405.
  197. Edwards, R.
    Ajmal, A. Healey, B.
    Hoek, J.
    Impact of removing point-of-sale tobacco displays: Data from a New Zealand youth survey.
    Tobacco Control,
    26(4), 392-398.
  198. Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Tautolo, E.-S.
    Stakeholder Appraisal of Selected Tobacco Endgame Policy Options in New Zealand.
    Tobacco Regulatory Science,
    3(1), 56-67.
  199. Tu, D. Newcombe, R.
    Edwards, R.
    Walton, D.
    Socio-demographic characteristics of New Zealand adult smokers, ex-smokers and non-smokers: Results from the 2013 Census.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    129(1447), 43-56.
  200. Edwards, R.
    Nahu, S. Broughton, B. Hawke, Z. Ryan, L.
    Smokefree 2025 Aotearoa/New Zealand.
    Framework Convention Alliance COP7 Bulletins. World Health Organisation,
    November 2016.
  201. Edwards, R.
    New research on secondhand smoke: Implications for research and practice [Editorial].
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
    18(11), 2045-2046. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw279
  202. Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Should Smokefree Indoor Areas = Vapefree Areas?
    Public Health Expert,
    3 October 2016.
  203. Hoek, J.
    Gallopel-Morvan, K.
    Edwards, R.
    Blakely, T.
    A Policy and Research Agenda for Roll-Your-Own Tobacco.
    Sciblogs,
    19 September 2016.
  204. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Smokefree New Zealand 2025 (Oral presentation).
    New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine, Annual Scientific Meeting. Christchurch,
    September 14-16, 2016.
  205. Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    van der Deen, F.S. Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Perspective: Options for Licensed Retailing of Nicotine-Containing E-Cigarettes in NZ.
    Sciblogs,
    8 September 2016.
  206. Edwards, R.
    Tobacco free New Zealand 2025 (Oral presentation).
    Berzelius symposium 92, Tobacco Endgame – Swedish Style. Stockholm,
    September 2016.
  207. Edwards, R.
    The Hardening Hypothesis For Smoking – But Does The Evidence Point To “Softening” in NZ?
    Public Health Expert,
    22 August 2016.
  208. Edwards, R.
    Beaglehole, R. Bullen, C. Walker, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Policy Briefing on e-cigarettes for the Associate Minister of Health, Hon. Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga.
    August 2016.
  209. Delany, L. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    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.
  210. Delany, L. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Key design features of a new smokefree law to help achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    129(1439), 68-76.
  211. Ball, J.
    Stanley, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Blakely, T.
    Edwards, R.
    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.
  212. Edwards, R.
    Beaglehole, R. Bullen, C. Walker, N.
    Hoek, J.
    E-Cigarettes And Their Potential Contribution To Achieving The Smokefree 2025 Goal.
    Submission background paper,
    August 2016.
  213. Wilson, N.
    Gartner, C.
    Edwards, R.
    What Does Recent Biomarker Literature Say About The Likely Harm From E-Cigarettes?
    Public Health Expert,
    4 July 2016.
  214. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Access to killer weed all too easy.
    New Zealand Herald,
    15 June 2016.
  215. Edwards, R.
    Tobacco control and ASPIRE 2025 - where are we in 2016? (Oral presentation).
    5th New Zealand Lung Cancer Conference, Thoracic Society of Australasia and New Zealand, Auckland,
    May 2016.
  216. Gifford, H. Tautolo, E.-S. Erick, S.
    Hoek, J.
    Gray, R.
    Edwards, R.
    A qualitative analysis of Maori and Pacific smokers’ views on informed choice and smoking.
    BMJ Open,
    6(5), e011415. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011415
  217. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Marsh, L.
    (Un)licensed to Kill: Do We Need To Regulate How Tobacco Is Sold?
    Sciblogs,
    21 April 2016.
  218. Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G. Jaine, R.
    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.
  219. Marsh, L.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    van der Deen, F.S. McGee, R.
    Regulating tobacco retail in New Zealand: What can we learn from overseas? [Viewpoint].
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    129(1432), 74-79.
  220. Edwards, R.
    Smokefree 2025 (Oral presentation).
    New Zealand Lung Day, Auckland,
    March 18, 2016.
  221. Gendall, P.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Glantz, S.
    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
  222. Gendall, P.
    Hoek, J.
    Eckert, C. Louviere, J. Farley, T.
    Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    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.
  223. Edwards, R.
    Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Collins, D.
    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.
  224. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G. Jaine, R.
    Wilson, N.
    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.
  225. Edwards, R.
    Gray, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Do young adults exercise informed choice about smoking as the tobacco industry claim? (Poster).
    22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA,
    March 2016.
  226. Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Tautolo, E.-S.
    Appraisal of radical options for achieving New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal: Maori, Pacific, and policy experts’ perspectives (Poster).
    22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA,
    March 2016.
  227. Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Bradbrook, S.K. Gifford, H. Cunningham, C.
    Hoek, J.
    Blakely, T.
    Wilson, N.
    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.
  228. Ball, J.
    Waa, A.
    Tautolo, E.S.
    Edwards, R.
    Future directions to achieve Smokefree 2025? Stakeholder perceptions of the smokefree 2025 goal and selected ‘game-changer’ policies for achieving it.
    Public Health Monograph Series 2016: 1. University of Otago, Wellington.
  229. Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree.
    Public Health Expert,
    17 December 2015
  230. Edwards, R.
    Blakely, T. van der Deen, F.S.
    Modelling of tobacco endgame interventions: a response.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    2015; 128:116-118.
  231. Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Blakely, T.
    The Draft NZ Health Strategy: will it enable New Zealanders to “live well, stay well and get well”?
    Public Health Expert,
    1 December 2015
  232. Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G. Blakely, T. van der Deen, F. Caldwell, B. Crane, J.
    Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes in New Zealand.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    128(1425), 88-96.
  233. Edwards, R.
    Tu, D. Newcombe, R. Walton, D.E.
    Smoking prevalence in the 2013 New Zealand census: an exploration of socio-demographic patterns and changes since 2006.
    Presented at Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Perth, Australia,
    October, 2015
  234. Edwards, R.
    Healey, B. Ajmal, A.
    Hoek, J.
    Evaluation of the impact of the removal of point of sale tobacco displays: data from a New Zealand youth survey.
    Presented at Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Perth, Australia,
    October, 2015
  235. Edwards, R.
    Ball, J.
    Waa, A.
    Tautolo, E.
    Appraisal of radical options for achieving New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal.
    Presented at Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Perth, Australia,
    October, 2015
  236. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Collins, D.
    Edwards, R.
    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.
  237. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Better smokefree signs at schools and hospitals?
    Presented at NZ Public Health Association Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand,
    September, 2015
  238. Edwards, R.
    Pathmanathan, N.
    Hoek, J.
    De Andrade, M. Thomson, G.
    A preliminary investigation of the consequences of tobacco company involvement in the e-cigarette industry.
    Presented at Population Health Congress, Hobart, Australia,
    September, 2015
  239. Edwards, R.
    How international trends map the way for local action and policy to support progress towards the Smokefree 2025 goal.
    Presented at Partnerships as Pathways to Smokefree 2025 seminar, Christchurch City Council,
    Christchurch, New Zealand, September, 2015
  240. Delany, L. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Curtis, H.
    Edwards, R.
    An Act for Smokefree Aotearoa 2015.
    Presented at NZ Public Health Association Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand,
    September, 2015
  241. Ball, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Tautolo, D.
    Smokefree 2025: policy experts’ views on radical policy options (Poster).
    Presented at NZ Public Health Association Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand,
    September, 2015
  242. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Daube, M.
    Standardised (plain) packaging: the time for implementation has come.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    127(1417), 47-51.
  243. Healey, B.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Youth preferences for roll-your-own versus factory-made cigarettes: trends and associations in repeated national surveys (2006–2013) and implications for policy.
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
    doi:10.1093/ntr/ntv135.
  244. Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Radical endgame measures: Tackling “place” and “product”.
    Presented at ASH Scotland conference, Edinburgh, Scotland,
    June, 2015
  245. Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    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
  246. Edwards, R.
    Cunningham, C.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    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
  247. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Beaglehole, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G. Cunningham, C.
    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.
  248. Edwards, R.
    Beaglehole, R. Erick, S.
    Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health.
    Public Health Expert,
    17 April 2015
  249. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Ball, J.
    Smokefree 2025: ten years and counting.
    Report from the Public Health Summer School, 2015,
    University of Otago, Wellington, April 2015
  250. Edwards, R.
    Options for achieving the endgame: an appraisal of developed and developing country perspectives.
    In Symposium 7: Innovative approaches to endgame for tobacco. Presented at 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Abu Dhabi,
    March, 2015
  251. Gendall, P.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Use and experiences of e-cigarettes in a dark market.
    Presented at SRNT 21st Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA,
    February 2015
  252. Gendall, P.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Smokers’ and non-smokers’ support for endgame measures.
    Presented at SRNT 21st Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA,
    February, 2015
  253. Edwards, R.
    Written Submission in response to the Update of the New Zealand Health Strategy Consultation draft.
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington
  254. Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    The potential of Google Street View for studying smokefree signage.
    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health,
    39(3), 295-296.
  255. Healey, B.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G. Taylor, S.
    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.
  256. Gendall, P.
    Eckert, C.
    Hoek, J.
    Farley, T. Louviere, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Estimating the ‘consumer surplus’ for branded versus standardised tobacco packaging.
    Tobacco Control,
    doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052488.
  257. Gendall, P.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    What does the 2025 Smokefree Goal mean to the New Zealand public?
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    Vol 127 No 1406
  258. Edwards, R.
    Healey, B.
    Hoek, J.
    Youth preferences for roll-your-own versus ready-made cigarettes: Trends in repeated national surveys (2006-13) and implications for policy.
    Accepted in Abstract Book at New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,
    6-8 October 2014.
  259. Edwards, R.
    Newcombe, R. Walton, D. Holland, K. Tu, D.
    Achieving Smokefree 2025: evidence on the hardening hypothesis from New Zealand.
    New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,
    6-8 October 2014.
  260. Edwards, R.
    Beaglehole, R. Blakely, T.
    Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Master class: Smoke Free 2025.
    New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,
    6-8 October 2014.
  261. Healy, B.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Youth preferences for roll-your-own versus ready-made cigarettes: Trends in repeated national surveys (2006-13) and implications for policy.
    SRNT Europe conference, Santiago de Compostela, Spain,
    18-20 September 2014.
  262. Edwards, R.
    Newcombe, R. Walton, D. Holland, K.
    Achieving Smokefree 2025: evidence on the hardening hypothesis from New Zealand.
    Presented at SRNT Europe conference, Santiago de Compostela, Spain,
    18-20 September 2014.
  263. Healey, B.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Posting behaviour patterns in an online smoking cessation social network: Implications for intervention design and development.
    PloS one,
    9(9), e106603
  264. Edwards, R.
    BODE3 Modelling on Nicotine Reduction.
    Tobacco Control Research Turanga Nicotine Reduction Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand,
    22 August 2014.
  265. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Smokefree 2025: patterns and trends in references to the smokefree goal in political speeches and press releases.
    NZ Med J,
    2014; 127 (1398) 122-125
  266. Edwards, R.
    “Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?
    Public Health Expert,
    1 July 2014
  267. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    van der Deen, F.
    Smokefree 2025 – use of mass media in New Zealand lacks alignment with evidence and needs.
    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health,
    doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12246
  268. Jaine, R. Russell, M.
    Edwards, R.
    Thomson, G.
    New Zealand tobacco retailers’ attitudes to selling tobacco, point-of-sale display bans and other tobacco control measures: a qualitative analysis.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    127(1396).
  269. Healey, B.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Posting behaviour patterns in an online smoking cessation social network.
    Marketing and Public Policy Conference, Boston,
    5-7 June 2014.
  270. Gendall, P.
    Hoek, J.
    Marsh, L.
    Edwards, R.
    Healey, B. Jaine, R.
    Beyond retail regulation: Managing the social supply of tobacco.
    Marketing and Public Policy Conference, Boston,
    4-6 June 2014.
  271. Edwards, R.
    The Endgame for tobacco: vision for tobacco free world.
    Presented at World Cardiology Congress, Melbourne, Australia,
    5 May 2014.
  272. Gendall, P.
    Hoek, J.
    Marsh, L.
    Edwards, R.
    Healey, B.
    Youth tobacco access: trends and policy implications.
    BMJ open,
    4(4), e004631.
  273. Tautolo, E.
    Edwards, R.
    Gifford, H.
    A gift and a burden: the purchase and distribution of duty-free tobacco and its potential impact upon Pacific people in New Zealand.
    Tobacco Control,
    doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051345 (online-first 17th March 2014 ).
  274. Toledo Cortés, L. Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Testing policy evaluation methods for smokefree outdoor area policies.
    Evaluation Journal of Australasia,
    2014: Vol. 14, No. 1: 35-42
  275. Edwards, R.
    Roll your own cigarettes are less natural and at least as harmful as factory rolled tobacco.
    BMJ,
    2014;348:f7616.
  276. Hoek, J.
    Maubach, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Erick, S. Gifford, H. Newcombe, R.
    Interpretations of smoke-free messages to prompt cessation during pregnancy.
    The 20th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Seattle, USA,
    5-8 February 2014.
  277. Hoek, J.
    Gendall, P.
    Edwards, R.
    Healey, B.
    Marsh, L.
    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.
  278. Waa, A.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Healey, B. Peace, J.
    Why Can’t I Agree to Disagree? Tobacco industry efforts to manipulate public opinion about plain packaging.
    The 20th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Seattle, USA,
    5-8 February 2014.
  279. Gray, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Gifford, H. Erick, S. Thomson, G.
    Exploring an oxymoron: do young adults make an “informed choice” about smoking?
    The 20th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Seattle, USA,
    5-8 February 2014.
  280. Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Sustainable regulation of psychoactive substances – but what about tobacco?
    BMJ,
    2014;348:g2033.
  281. Jaine, R. Healey, B.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    How adolescents view the tobacco endgame and tobacco control measures: trends and associations in support among 14–15 year olds.
    Tobacco Control,
    tobaccocontrol-2013.
  282. Gray, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    A qualitative analysis of ‘informed choice’ among young adult smokers.
    Tobacco Control,
    doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051793
  283. Edwards, R.
    Carter, K. Peace, J. Blakely, T.
    An examination of smoking initiation rates by age: results from a large longitudinal study in New Zealand.
    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health,
    37: 516–519. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12105
  284. Marshall, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G. Peace, J.
    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.
  285. Maubach, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Gifford, H. Erick, S.
    Edwards, R.
    Newcombe, R.
    What elements improve the perceived communication effectiveness of cessation messages? (Poster).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  286. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Smoking Denormalisation: What Can We Do Now? (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  287. Tautolo, D.
    Edwards, R.
    Gifford, H.
    Cheaper by the carton? Pacific people and duty-free tobacco (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  288. Jaine, R. Healey, B.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    “I Want to Live in a Country Where No-one Smokes” Trends in Adolescents’ Support for a Smokefree 2025 (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  289. Hoek, J.
    Healey, B.
    Gendall, P.
    Edwards, R.
    Jaine, R.
    Determinants of Adolescents’ Perceptions of Plain Packaging (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  290. Edwards, R.
    Marshall, A. Thomson, G. Peace, J.
    Wilson, N.
    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.
  291. Edwards, R.
    Marshall, A. Thomson, G. Peace, J.
    Wilson, N.
    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.
  292. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Van der Deen, F.
    An evaluation of NZ’s smokefree media strategy and the 2025 goal (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013
  293. Edwards, R.
    Legislation and regulation: where to next, and how? (Oral Presentation).
    Keynote presentation at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  294. Edwards, R.
    The place of tobacco supply control in the context of broader tobacco control measures (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  295. Hoek, J.
    Healey, B.
    Gendall, P.
    Edwards, R.
    Jaine, R.
    How do adolescents perceive plain packaging?
    NZ Medical Journal,
    Vol 126 No 1383.
  296. Tautolo, D.
    Edwards, R.
    Gifford, H.
    Cheaper by the carton? Pacific people and duty-free tobacco (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at International Conference on Public Health Priorities in the 21st Century: The Endgame for Tobacco, Delhi, India,
    10-12 September, 2013.
  297. Edwards, R.
    Adding leadership to plain packaging (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at International Conference on Public Health Priorities in the 21st Century: The Endgame for Tobacco, Delhi, India,
    10-12 September, 2013.
  298. Edwards, R.
    Are we game for the Endgame? (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at International Conference on Public Health Priorities in the 21st Century: The Endgame for Tobacco, Delhi, India,
    10-12 September, 2013.
  299. Maubach, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Gifford, H. Erick, S.
    Edwards, R.
    Newcombe, R.
    What messages do young adult smokers believe will be effective in cessation advertising? (Poster).
    Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,
    18-21 August.
  300. Healey, B.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Patterns of Posting Behaviour in an Online Cessation Community (Poster).
    Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,
    18-21 August.
  301. Healey, B.
    Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Monitoring political discourse around end-game goals. Using automated textual analysis to enable an on-going overview for tobacco control (Poster).
    Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,
    18-21 August.
  302. Edwards, R.
    Healey, B. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Taylor, S.
    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.
  303. Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G. Russell, M. Peace, J. Gifford, H.
    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.
  304. Edwards, R.
    Healey, B.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G. Taylor, S.
    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.
  305. Maubach, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Crane, J. McCool, J.
    Smoking in children’s films – covert tobacco advertising causing smoking uptake or much ado about nothing?
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    126(1375).
  306. Gendall, P.
    Hoek, J.
    Maubach, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Public support for more action on smoking.
    New Zealand Medical Journal,
    126(1375)
  307. Gendall, P.
    Hoek, J.
    Mather, D.
    Edwards, R.
    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.
  308. Blakely, T. Barendregt, J.J. Foster, R.H. Hill, S. Atkinson, J. Sarfati, D.
    Edwards, R.
    The association of active smoking with multiple cancers: National census-cancer registry cohorts with quantitative bias analysis.
    Cancer Causes and Control,
    2013; 24 (6): 1243-1255.
  309. Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Blakely, T.
    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
  310. Edwards, R.
    Waa, A.
    Youdan, B. Laugesen, M. Walker, N. McRobbie, H.
    SRNT conference report (Conference Report).
    19th annual conference, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Boston,
    March 13-16, 2013.
  311. Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G. Blakely, T.
    Edwards, R.
    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.
  312. Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    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.
  313. Waa, A.
    Edwards, R.
    Gifford, H. Wilson-Tuala-Fata, M. Newcombe, R. Zhang, J.
    Evidence Based Initiatives for Parents to Reduce Smoking Uptake Among Indigenous Youth: From Theory to Practice (Poster).
    Poster presented at the 19th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Boston USA,
    13-16 March 2013.
  314. Edwards, R.
    Carter, K. Peace, J. Blakely, T.
    Who is Starting Smoking? An Investigation of Uptake Among All Ages Using Prospectively Collected Data (Poster).
    Poster presented at the 19th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Boston USA,
    13-16 March 2013.
  315. Hoek, J.
    Gendall, P.
    Mather, D. Maubach, N. Gifford, H. Erick, S. Tautolo, D.
    Edwards, R.
    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.
  316. Healey, B.
    Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G.
    Hoek, J.
    Taylor, S.
    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).
  317. McCool, J.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Thomson, G. Gifford, H.
    Crossing the Smoking Divide for Young Adults: Expressions of Stigma and Identity Among Smokers and Nonsmokers.
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
    15(2), 552-556.
  318. Maubach, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Edwards, R.
    Gifford, H. Erick, S. Newcombe, R.
    “The times are changing”: New Zealand smokers’ perceptions of the tobacco endgame.
    Tobacco Control,
    22(6), 395-400. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050398
  319. Healey, B.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G. Taylor, S.
    Edwards, R.
    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
  320. Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Peace, J. Weerasekera, D. Thomson, G.W. Gifford, H.
    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

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