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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    Blog
    Mon 14 Dec 2020

    The latest NZ Health Survey data continues to show encouraging reductions in smoking prevalence.

  • Fourth annual ASPIRE-NIHI Research Symposium

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    Fri 20 Nov 2020

    On November 19, ASPIRE 2025 and the National Institute of Health Innovation (NIHI) partnered to co-host the fourth annual ASPIRE-NIHI Research Symposium, delivered online.

  • Otago Medical School Award for Best Research Paper

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    Mon 16 Nov 2020

    The ASPIRE 2025 Co-Directors congratulate Mei-Ling Blank, a Research Fellow in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, who last week received the Otago Medical School Award for “Best Rese

  • Prestigious Marsden Funding to ASPIRE Researchers

    General news
    Wed 11 Nov 2020

    The ASPIRE Centre is delighted to congratulate Drs Jude Ball and Lindsay Robertson, both of whom have received a prestigious Royal Society Marsden Fast Start grant in the 2020 funding round.

  • After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?

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    Thu 4 Jun 2020

    This blog discusses the passing of the Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carrying Children) Amendment Act last week.

  • Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?

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    Fri 29 May 2020

    The theme of this year’s World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is how the tobacco industry continues to target young people and recruit new generations to smoking.

  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

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    Fri 29 May 2020

    This year’s World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) focusses on the tobacco industry’s continued targeting of young people, whose addiction to nicotine will help ensure the industry’s on-going profit

  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

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    Fri 27 Mar 2020

    The public will soon have the opportunity to make submissions on the long-awaited Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) which will r

  • Call for public submissions: Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill

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    Wed 25 Mar 2020

    Recently the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill was introduced to parliament. Public submissions are now being called for the bill and these close on 1 April.

  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    Blog
    Thu 16 Jan 2020

    Debate over tobacco tax increases has intensified as research indicates potentially conflicting policy directions.

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