Children’s playgrounds are a potential priority area for new smokefree places to protect children from both secondhand smoke and the adverse normalising impact of seeing adult smoking.
This study observed and reported on the point prevalence of smoking at sports grounds and three downtown open spaces of Wellington City (Midland Park, Civic Square and Te Aro Park).
This ‘key themes’ document was prepared by members of ASPIRE2025 who attended the SRNT (Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobaccco) conference in Chicago at the beginning of March 2016.
In response to the growing use of new psychoactive substances (NPS), including products such as synthetic cannabis, the New Zealand Government passed a law in 2013 to establish a regulated legal ma
Māori smoking rates have barely changed since 2011, and the Government is not doing enough to address tobacco-related harm amongst Māori, say leading tobacco researchers and public health advocates