In this modelling study, published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, the ASPIRE2025 and BODE3 research groups found that to achieve the New Zealand Government’s Smokefree 2025 Goal (a b
This study looks at the impact of the NZ Government preventing new retail outlets from selling tobacco from 2020, while allowing existing retail outlets to continue selling it until they closed or
This study used novel smart technology to explore smoking-to-vaping transitions and suggests vaping is a complicated process and that some vapers may need additional cessation support to become smo
A team from the University of Otago, Wellington has just published a radical new framework for designing international trade and investment treaties (TIAs).
This new study suggests that threats of lawsuits by the tobacco industry helped delay the New Zealand legislation for plain tobacco packs by at least three years.
There needs to be more commitment by local government to help achieve central government’s Smokefree 2025 goal, this new University of Otago research shows.
New Zealand children and teens growing up in smokefree homes are less likely to take up smoking, even if their parents are smokers, this ASPIRE2025 study has found.
This study, led by University of Otago in collaboration with the Health Promotion Agency, examined recent smoking trends among doctors and nurses in New Zealand using recent census data.
Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) arguably pose fewer health risks than smoking, yet many smokers adopt ENDS without fully relinquishing smoking.