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Investigations of smoking initiation often focus on the experiences of children and youth.

This article in the NZ Herald, shares the very important views of Robert Beaglehole and Richard Edwards.

This study examines young New Zealand smokers’ views of what would help them quit smoking.

In this Public Health Expert blog, Dr Ninya Maubach asks why regulators are prepared to introduce regulation that protects children in the event of a car crash, but are unwilling to protect them fr

In this blog in Public Health Expert, Tony Blakely and Nick Wilson discuss what it would take in the way of reductions in uptake (or initiation), and/or increases in cessation rates, to achieve the

This study was led by Dr. Heather Gifford.

Evidence suggests that widespread distribution of tobacco and point of sale (POS) displays of tobacco prompt impulse purchases and cue smoking.

The New Zealand government’s goal of achieving a smoke-free society by 2025 reflects growing interest in ‘endgame’ solutions to tobacco smoking.

Just posted is a new Public Health Expert blog on this week’s Juridical Ruling on the Calculator used to determine “Open Areas” where smoking is permitted: The need for an expanded national sm

To extend the limited international evidence on youth in-vehicle second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure by examining trends in New Zealand, a country with a national smoke-free goal