New research shows young people in Aotearoa New Zealand strongly support smokefree measures suggesting the government’s plan to repeal the smokefree laws flies in the face of public opinion.
E-liquid flavours are perhaps the most materially disruptive aspect of vaping compared with smoking, especially for people who smoke and who wish to quit.
New regulations to reduce youth vaping include important measures that will limit disposable vapes, and recognise these devices have become the product of choice among rangatahi.
ASPIRE Aotearoa is delighted to announce a new scholarship opportunity* for Māori and Pacific students to study for a Masters or PhD degree within our programme of research.
Vaping among adolescents and young people increased markedly over the last 6-7 years with around one in ten 14-15 year olds and over one in five 18-24 year olds vaping daily by 2022.
A new study has found preliminary evidence that plain packaging and enhanced pictorial warnings on cigarette packs introduced in 2018 reduced tobacco brand awareness and salience and misperceptions about tobacco brand harmfulness among 14-15 year olds in Aotearoa.
Several ASPIRE members, along with other researchers and advocates from Aotearoa, attended the 2023 Society for Research into Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) conference.
On November 19, ASPIRE 2025 and the National Institute of Health Innovation (NIHI) partnered to co-host the fourth annual ASPIRE-NIHI Research Symposium, delivered online.
ASPIRE researchers have published a new paper exploring how outdoor bar settings facilitate and normalise smoking among young adults. Earlier work has established how smoking uptake often occu