• ASPIRE 2025 Recognised for Tobacco Control Excellence

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    On Monday the 1st of April, ASPIRE 2025 received the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand President’s Award, which recognised the research theme’s “exemplary efforts and achievements in the field of smoking cessation and tobacco control”.
  • ASPIRE Co-Directors Welcome Smokefree Cars

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    ASPIRE2025 co-directors Anaru Waa, Janet Hoek and Richard Edwards welcome Minister Salesa’s announcement that she intends to progress a ban on smoking in cars.

  • Announcing Emerging Researcher Awards

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    The National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI), University of Auckland and ASPIRE2025, University of Otago are delighted to announce there will be three inaugural awards presented at the upcom

  • Workshop with Donna Vallone - The truth Campaign

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    In April 2018, ASPIRE2025 researchers were privileged to host in Wellington, Dr Donna Vallone, Chief Research Officer at Truth Initiative in the United States. Truth Initiative® is A

  • Report sets out action plan for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

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    News – 2 August 2017

    The Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025 plan (ASAP) has been launched today at Parliament Buildings, Wellington, by a collaboration of experts, community organisati

  • HRC funding success for ASPIRE2025 projects

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    ASPIRE2025 researchers from the University of Otago and Massey University have been awarded over $3.0M in new health research funding from the Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand.

  • Toolkit - Smokefree cars

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    This new toolkit has been developed to support health promoters and community groups to advocate and promote smokefree cars within their communities and region.

  • Smokers respond to spur of the moment chance to quit

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    A novel trial that has been underway for a month at Queensgate mall in Lower Hutt has seen 256 smokers take up the chance to try nicotine replacement therapy on the spur of the moment.

  • Taking help directly to smokers

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    A novel trial which offers smokers the chance to try nicotine replacement therapy on the spur of the moment as they go about their daily lives has started in Wellington.

  • Further funding for innovative ASPIRE2025 research

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    ASPIRE2025 deputy director, Professor Janet Hoek has received $503,000 to pursue innovative research into smokefree messages as part of a follow-up to the Health Research Council’s (HRC) recent ann