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  • Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey

    Blog
    Fri 17 Dec 2021

    New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data released in early December suggest substantial reductions in smoking prevalence occurred between 2019/20 and 2020/21 among all ethnic groups.

  • There’s no smoke without fire: Smoking in smoke-free acute mental health wards

    Article
    Tue 16 Nov 2021

    People who smoke with serious mental illness carry disproportionate costs from smoking, including poor health and premature death from tobacco-related illnesses.

  • A survey of the smokefree status of pedestrian-only spaces in 10 New Zealand local government areas

    Article
    Fri 22 Oct 2021

    New research from ASPIRE2025 researchers found some progress but many problems with the outdoor smokefree policies of the sample of NZ councils studied.

  • Smoking in NZ Pacific adolescents: Samoan, Cook Island Māori, Tongan and Niuean

    Report
    Thu 30 Sep 2021

    Talofa lava, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, Fakalofa atu, warm Pacific greetings

  • World-leading action plan on smoking will reduce harm

    Op-ed
    Wed 15 Sep 2021

    The Government’s Action Plan for a Smokefree Aotearoa is comprehensive, bold, and recognises the importance of improving the health of Māori and eliminating the unacceptable disparities in smoking

  • Has increasing internet use contributed to the decline in adolescent smoking?

    Article
    Tue 7 Sep 2021

    A new research article from ASPIRE2025 researchers explores the relationship between internet use and smoking in adolescents.

  • When will hospo become part of the smokefree solution?

    Op-ed
    Thu 8 Jul 2021

    In November 2004, 44 per cent of bar managers supported smokefree indoor regulations. Six months later, after the smokefree bar law came into effect, 61 per cent were supportive.

  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and Evidence

    Blog
    Thu 27 May 2021

    The NZ Government has published proposals for an Action Plan to achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal.

  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    Blog
    Fri 21 May 2021

    The NZ Government’s Action Plan to realise the Smokefree 2025 goal has signalled a more important role for social marketing.

  • A qualitative analysis of how people who smoke and manage lower incomes perceive the Smokefree 2025 goal

    Letter
    Fri 21 May 2021
    A decade has passed since the then National-led government accepted the Māori Affairs Select Committee (MASC) Inquiry recommendation that New Zealand set a “longer-term goal of reducing smoking prevalence and tobacco availability to minimal levels, thereby [becoming] essentially a smokefree nation by 2025.” 

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