This article provides an overview of the Global Tobacco Industry. It was compiled by tobacco control researchers, George Thomson and Nick Wilson from the University of Otago, Wellington.
Tobacco companies have described Australia as a ‘dark’ market, because the country’s ban on advertising and point-of-sale display and the requirement for plain packaging of tobacco limit
The progress public tertiary education institutions (TEIs) have made towards becoming completely smokefree should encourage other New Zealand workplaces and institutions to follow suit, new Univers
We aimed to test evaluation methods for smoke-free outdoor area policies using a long-term evaluation of a smoke-free parks and playgrounds policy as a case study.
Although aware that smoking while pregnant presents serious risks to their unborn children, some women continue to smoke and rationalise their dissonance rather than quit.
New research from the University of Otago suggests tobacco plain packaging would be enhanced by clearer and more visually striking Quitline information.
This study aimed to collect data on tobacco brand visibility on packaging on outdoor tables at bars/cafés prior to New Zealand’s proposed plain packaging law.
Flaws in the tobacco industry’s argument that smokers exercise “informed adult choice” when they start smoking have been highlighted in a new study led by ASPIRE2025 researcher Rebecca Gray.