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To examine changes in the frequency and contexts of tobacco imagery on New Zealand television since 2004.

This article is the second paper to be published from the Marsden Fund project, ‘Smoking as an informed choice.’ It looks at how young adult Māori and Pacific smokers interpret ‘informed choice’ in

Two recent articles by Aspire2025 researchers have explored how tobacco sales in New Zealand could be more effectively regulated.

This article published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, summarises tobacco retail licensing schemes implemented in countries overseas and reviews how effective these schemes might be as part of

As New Zealand moves towards legislating for plain packaging of cigarettes, the Government should consider measures that extend and improve upon Australia’s model, ASPIRE2025 researchers believe.

Progressing plain packaging legislation “sooner rather than later” is an important step towards our smokefree 2025 goal.

Previous systematic reviews have found consistent evidence of a positive association between exposure to point-of-sale (POS) tobacco promotion and increased smoking and smok

Evidence suggests inconsistent findings on the relationship between density of tobacco outlets around schools and risk of smoking among students.

In this Public Health Expert blog we ask what the tobacco ‘carve out’ from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Treaty means for public health.

There is growing frustration with lack of robust action and progress at the national level with the Smokefree 2025 goal. However, it is not all bad news.