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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

This study was led by Dr. Heather Gifford.

Evidence suggests that widespread distribution of tobacco and point of sale (POS) displays of tobacco prompt impulse purchases and cue smoking.

The New Zealand government’s goal of achieving a smoke-free society by 2025 reflects growing interest in ‘endgame’ solutions to tobacco smoking.

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.

To extend the limited international evidence on youth in-vehicle second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure by examining trends in New Zealand, a country with a national smoke-free goal

Research into endgame solutions to the tobacco epidemic is an important area of investigation for ASPIRE2025.

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. 

Improving social circumstances (eg, an increase in income, finding a job or moving into a good neighbourhood) may reduce tobacco use, but robust evidence on the effects of suc