This new New Zealand study on cigarette butt accumulation in bus shelters & at bus stops – provides a method for evaluating such settings when they become smokefree.
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is the mainstay of pharmacological cessation therapy in New Zealand, and nicotine gum, lozenges and patches are provided free to all smokers.
Important sources of cigarettes for youth smokers include purchase in shops (retail supply) or access via friends, peers, and family members (social supply).
In this study by ASPIRE2025 researchers, the findings show support among young people for New Zealand’s smoke-free goal and interventions that could help achieve it; this evidence should galvanise
Because of the growing interest in smokefree outdoor policies internationally, and the restricted qualitative evidence about attitudes to them, we investigated whether online material cou