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Professor Janet Hoek, co-director of the ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre and of the Whakahā o to Pā Harakeke Research Programme has been awarded a prestigious national prize – the 2022 Critic and C

The March issue of leading smokefree journal Tobacco Control features a collection of articles on key current issues and debates in which Aotearoa New Zealand authors and content are strongly repre

NZ’s ambitious plan has potential global implications.

Evidence suggests inconsistent findings on the relationship between density of tobacco outlets around schools and risk of smoking among students.

In this Public Health Expert blog we ask what the tobacco ‘carve out’ from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Treaty means for public health.

There is growing frustration with lack of robust action and progress at the national level with the Smokefree 2025 goal. However, it is not all bad news.

This viewpoint article on regulatory options for e-cigarettes, written by researchers from ASPIRE2025 and BODE3 , has been published in the New Zealand Medical Journal.

Tobacco companies question whether standardised (or ‘plain’) packaging will change smokers’ behaviour.

ASPIRE2025 co-Director Richard Edwards was interviewed recently while attending the Tobaccco-free Oceania Conference held in Perth, Australia from 20-22 October 2015.