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.
In this article recently published in the international journal, Tobacco Control, University of Otago researchers argue that tobacco and nicotine products should not be treated as normal consu
In this article published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, researchers examine the online sales and marketing of e-cigarettes in New Zealand and look at the presence of safeguards to protec
This new blog from Professors Janet Hoek and Richard Edwards, Emeritus Professor Phil Gendall, Jude Ball, Dr Judith McCool, Anaru Waa, Dr Becky Freeman discusses recent survey findings and media re