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New Zealand children and teens growing up in smokefree homes are less likely to take up smoking, even if their parents are smokers, this ASPIRE2025 study has found.

From March 14, 2018, all tobacco products in New Zealand will start appearing in standardised, or plain, packages.

This study, led by University of Otago in collaboration with the Health Promotion Agency, examined recent smoking trends among doctors and nurses in New Zealand using recent census data.

A lack of support means many prisoners relapse back to smoking on release, despite many wanting to stay smokefree, this new study has found.

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) arguably pose fewer health risks than smoking, yet many smokers adopt ENDS without fully relinquishing smoking.

Although most smokers want to quit, many of those who begin vaping continue to smoke.

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.

The New Zealand government has committed to a goal of making New Zealand essentially a smokefree nation by 2025.

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.