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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

In this NZ Medical Journal letter from ASPIRE2025 researchers George Thomson and Nick Wilson, they discuss the status of the New Zealand’s national smokefree law and the need for an upgrade and exp

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

A recent ASPIRE2025 study used ASH Y10 data to examine New Zealand adolescents’ support for plain packaging.

In this blog on Public Health Expert, Janet Hoek writes that it is now time to reduce the number and density of retail outlets selling tobacco. 

A New Zealand randomized trial of e-cigarettes just published in the prestigious Lancet journal has been touted in the media as showing how good e-cigarettes are for people wanting to quit smoking.

To achieve the New Zealand Government’s Smokefree Nation Goal of 2025, the country probably needs major strategies that go beyond business-as-usual.

In order to be smokefree by 2025 it is clear that New Zealand needs to both continue to support current smokers in their attempts to quit smoking and do everything possible to discourage children a

The New Zealand government’s announcement that it will bring in legislation for plain cigarette packs is a welcome public health development.

There appears to be a strong case for legislating for smokefree vehicles with children based on past New Zealand research (as recently reviewed).