Events

Contradictions surround Government’s move to slash tax on heated tobacco products- read our recent article here

The tobacco industry language that found its way into ministerial papers-click to read

Endgame initiatives: Global progress and local challenges

Webinar
Thu 29 May 2025
Join us for a presentation where we will analyse the latest international developments in tobacco endgame goals and policies, review tobacco companies’ strategies regarding Aotearoa’s endgame polic
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal: How can we get there now?

Symposium
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Over a decade ago, the New Zealand government set a goal to become essentially ‘smokefree’ by 2025. Come along to learn about whether we are on track to reach our goal this year.
WEBINAR: Power, influence and the tobacco policy landscape in Aotearoa

Webinar
Thu 5 Dec 2024
If we know smoking is so bad for you, how come it’s not banned? A: Well it’s complex…
WEBINAR: “Having that possibility… that chance to vape, that is just so bad; they should… really narrow down on that.” Lived experiences of youth vaping and policy responses.

Webinar
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Although many young people begin vaping socially, addiction often follows quickly and the pleasurable experience they initially controlled, becomes a controlling phenomenon that reduces their wellb
ASPIRE AOTEAROA 2024 SYMPOSIUM

Symposium
Tue 21 May 2024
We had a fantastic in-person and online turn out for the Aspire Aotearoa 2024 Symposium in May.
‘As Long as It Comes off as a Cigarette Ad, Not a Civil Rights Message’: Gender, Inequity and the Tobacco Industry

Webinar
Fri 17 Dec 2021
The ASPIRE2025 Research Centre is delighted to welcome Dr Sarah Hill, from The University of Sydney for this webinar presentation.
Youth Vaping: What it is, why we are concerned, and what we can do

Webinar
Thu 14 Oct 2021
The ASPIRE2025 Research Centre is delighted to welcome Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, from Stanford University, California, USA for this webinar presentation.
Smoking in NZ Pacific adolescents & implications for the Smokefree2025 action plan

Webinar
Thu 30 Sep 2021
Talofa lava, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, Fakalofa atu, warm Pacific greetings!
Who will win the race to the tobacco endgame? Why New Zealand could soon be in first place (but also has some competition)

Webinar
Thu 20 May 2021
The ASPIRE2025 Research Centre is delighted to welcome international researcher, Professor Emerita Ruth Malone, from the University of California, San Francisco, USA for this webinar presentation.
Could reducing the nicotine content of cigarettes help achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?

Webinar
Thu 25 Mar 2021
The ASPIRE 2025 Research Centre is delighted to welcome international researcher, Professor Eric Donny, from the Wake Forest School of Medicine in North Carolina,

Events

Endgame initiatives: Global progress and local challenges

UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal: How can we get there now?

WEBINAR: Power, influence and the tobacco policy landscape in Aotearoa

WEBINAR: “Having that possibility… that chance to vape, that is just so bad; they should… really narrow down on that.” Lived experiences of youth vaping and policy responses.

ASPIRE AOTEAROA 2024 SYMPOSIUM

‘As Long as It Comes off as a Cigarette Ad, Not a Civil Rights Message’: Gender, Inequity and the Tobacco Industry

Youth Vaping: What it is, why we are concerned, and what we can do

Smoking in NZ Pacific adolescents & implications for the Smokefree2025 action plan

Who will win the race to the tobacco endgame? Why New Zealand could soon be in first place (but also has some competition)

Could reducing the nicotine content of cigarettes help achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?