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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.

A series of seven annual tobacco tax increases, typically at the 10% level, will end in January 2016 unless it is extended by the NZ Government.

In this letter to the New Zealand Medical Journal, ASPIRE2025 researchers discuss the first-ever survey of hospital outdoor smokefree signage conducted in New Zealand.

E-cigarette usage is growing in NZ and around the world but the scientific evidence-base regarding the benefits and risks of these types of products remains uncertain.

The Ministry of Health proposes realigning tobacco control services to progress New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal.

The Ministry of Health’s recent announcement of a realignment of tobacco control services has heralded a welcome focus on the New Zealand Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal, and an acknowledgement th

This letter discusses findings of research into the usage of smokefree signage in New Zealand schools.

It is now over 10 years since a New Zealand law requiring all preschools and schools to become completely smoke-free (including all grounds) became operational in 2004.