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The New Zealand Ministry of Health is currently using a consulting firm EY (formerly Ernst & Young) to research the impacts of tobacco taxation, despite EY’s work locally and internationally fo

Although there is global growth in outdoor smokefree areas, little is known about the associated smokefree signage.

June 2018

This letter calls for bold new actions from the New Zealand Government to achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal.

This study used novel smart technology to explore smoking-to-vaping transitions and suggests vaping is a complicated process and that some vapers may need additional cessation support to become smo

World Smokefree Day is an apt day on which to propose some ideas that may greatly increase momentum for the achieving Smokefree Aotearoa 2025.

New Zealand has a world-leading goal to reduce smoking to minimal levels by 2025. World Smokefree Day is a good time to reflect on progress and review what is needed to realise that goal.

A team from the University of Otago, Wellington has just published a radical new framework for designing international trade and investment treaties (TIAs).

We are delighted to share with you the 2017 ASPIRE2025 Annual Report, which highlights the many and varied studies we have undertaken during the past year.

In April 2018, ASPIRE2025 researchers were privileged to host in Wellington, Dr Donna Vallone, Chief Research Officer at Truth Initiative in the United States. Truth Initiative® is A

This new study suggests that threats of lawsuits by the tobacco industry helped delay the New Zealand legislation for plain tobacco packs by at least three years.