Events

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Oral Nicotine Products and Young People: Trends, Attitudes, and Experiences in Aotearoa and Internationally

Webinar
Thu 7 Aug 2025
Join us for a timely and insightful webinar exploring the fast-evolving world of oral nicotine products, such as Zyn pouches, and what they mean for young people in Aotearoa and beyond.
Endgame initiatives: Global progress and local challenges

Webinar
Thu 29 May 2025
Join us for a presentation where we will analyse the latest international developments in tobacco endgame goals and policies, review tobacco companies’ strategies regarding Aotearoa’s endgame polic
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal: How can we get there now?

Symposium
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Over a decade ago, the New Zealand government set a goal to become essentially ‘smokefree’ by 2025. Come along to learn about whether we are on track to reach our goal this year.
4th Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium

Symposium
Thu 19 Nov 2020
ASPIRE 2025 and the National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI) are delighted to announce our 4th tobacco control research symposium.
Youth smoking and vaping in Aotearoa: No room for complacency

Webinar
Thu 1 Oct 2020
Registrations are now closed

The third webinar of the series follows on from Dave Hammond’s presentation on vaping in Canada, but brings the focus back to Aotearoa New Zealand.
Vaping in Canada: What can New Zealand learn from Canada’s evolving nicotine and cannabis regulations?

Webinar
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Please note registrations close at midnight, Wednesday 29 July.
Webinar Series - Celebration of World Smokefree Day

Webinar
Thu 28 May 2020
Join us for this first event in our new webinar series. Hear Dr Lindsay Robertson and Dr Becky Freeman present new evidence on how the tobacco industry is developing and marketing new nicotine products that attract and addict young people.
Modifying tobacco products to realise the Smokefree2025 goal?

Course
Wed 26 Feb 2020
Join advocates, researchers, retailers, cessation practitioners and more for this 1-day Public Health Summer School course, to hear the latest evidence around regulating tobacco products to make them less appealing and addictive, and have less impact on the environment.
Tobacco control and the law: current issues in NZ and internationally

Seminar
Tue 23 Jul 2013
ASPIRE2025 is delighted to confirm that the third seminar in our 2013 series will be presented by international tobacco control law expert, Jonathan Liberman.
Regret and Rationalisation among Smokers

Public Lecture
Wed 13 Feb 2013
Thanks to all who attended Beth’s presentation. Her talk was video recorded, and will be made available on this page once edited.

Events

Oral Nicotine Products and Young People: Trends, Attitudes, and Experiences in Aotearoa and Internationally

Endgame initiatives: Global progress and local challenges

UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMER SCHOOL: Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal: How can we get there now?

4th Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium

Youth smoking and vaping in Aotearoa: No room for complacency

Vaping in Canada: What can New Zealand learn from Canada’s evolving nicotine and cannabis regulations?

Webinar Series - Celebration of World Smokefree Day

Modifying tobacco products to realise the Smokefree2025 goal?

Tobacco control and the law: current issues in NZ and internationally

Regret and Rationalisation among Smokers