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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

From March 14, 2018, all tobacco products in New Zealand will start appearing in standardised, or plain, packages.

Although most smokers want to quit, many of those who begin vaping continue to smoke.

This Public Health Expert blog briefly reviews the case for the prioritisation by the new Government of a law for smokefree cars carrying children.

A new Action Plan was launched by one of New Zealand’s great tobacco control champions – Dame Tariana Turia – at Parliament on August 2.

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

The NZ Government’s recently released Standardised Packaging Regulations contain some important advances over Australia’s legislation, but they also miss opportunities to recognise tobacco industry

Do the New Zealand (NZ) Government’s proposed changes to liberalise the e-cigarette market set out a robust process for helping people who smoke to switch to e-cigarettes?

The NZ Ministry of Health is currently reviewing public submissions on options that would allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold legally in NZ.

New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal is now less than ten years away but we are unlikely to achieve this world-leading goal unless the Government introduces innovative new policies that reduce smoking