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In this blog on Public Health Expert, Janet Hoek writes that it is now time to reduce the number and density of retail outlets selling tobacco. 

Improving social circumstances (eg, an increase in income, finding a job or moving into a good neighbourhood) may reduce tobacco use, but robust evidence on the effects of suc

A New Zealand randomized trial of e-cigarettes just published in the prestigious Lancet journal has been touted in the media as showing how good e-cigarettes are for people wanting to quit smoking.

Using data on known tobacco outlets throughout NZ, GIS was used to map outlets, deprivation and secondary schools.

The theme of the 10th APACT conference held in Japan from 18-21 August, 2013, was “Ending the Tobacco Epidemic – Protecting and Keeping Healthy Lives”

Despite reduced smoking among adolescents, smoking prevalence peaks among young adults aged 18–30, many of whom believe themselves exempt from the health risks of smoking sho

To examine the extent to which cigarette smoking in adolescence is associated with maladaptive versus adaptive coping behaviors in adulthood.

Evidence that exposure to tobacco ‘powerwalls’ increases young people’s susceptibility to smoking has led many countries to require the removal of these displays.

ASPIRE2025 research was to the fore at the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA) conference in Sydney, Australia in June 2013.

To achieve the New Zealand Government’s Smokefree Nation Goal of 2025, the country probably needs major strategies that go beyond business-as-usual.