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Evidence that exposure to tobacco ‘powerwalls’ increases young people’s susceptibility to smoking has led many countries to require the removal of these displays.

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

Congratulations to Philip Gendall, Janet Hoek, Damien Mather and Richard Edwards.

An online survey of 414 smokers and 414 non-smokers found strong support among New Zealanders for more tobacco control interventions.

To celebrate World No Tobacco Day on May 31st, a special online edition of Tobacco Control journal is being released highlighting a selection of leading international research.

One possible supply-side strategy for the tobacco endgame is a government-mandated ‘sinking lid’ on tobacco supply (tradeable but decreasing quotas on sales or imports).

This study sought to examine young New Zealand smokers’ access to social supplies of cigarettes.

This news article in the British Medical Journal discusses the New Zealand goverments decision to move ahead with plain packaging of cigarettes.

We have developed manual methods to gather data on the point prevalence of observed smoking in road vehicles.

The New Zealand health sector pursues a wide range of tobacco control interventions and these have intensified after the adoption of the Government’s “Smokefree Nation by 2025” goal (e.g., smokefre