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ASPIRE researchers incorporated findings from their work and international studies into their submission to the recently introduced Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amend

New ASPIRE 2025 research findings have been published from the New Zealand ITC study showing that the 2018 plain packaging legislation made tobacco products less appealing and warning labels more n

The public will soon have the opportunity to make submissions on the long-awaited Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) which will r

Recently the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill was introduced to parliament. Public submissions are now being called for the bill and these close on 1 April.

Debate over tobacco tax increases has intensified as research indicates potentially conflicting policy directions.

This article, published today in the Australian and New Zealand Medical Journal of Public Health, undertook a geospatial analysis of policy options for restricting tobacco policy in New Zealan

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.