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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

ASPIRE 2025, together with colleagues formerly from the Health Promotion Agency, have a new paper published in the NZMJ on smoking prevalence from the 2013 Census.

The COP7 (Conference of the Parties 7) for the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was held in November in Delhi, India.

Many thanks to all who attended the ASPIRE-NIHI Smokefree2025 Research symposium in Wellington on 26 October.

The NZ Ministry of Health is currently reviewing public submissions on options that would allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold legally in NZ.