News

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

An online survey of 414 smokers and 414 non-smokers found strong support among New Zealanders for more tobacco control interventions.

The 2013 International Meeting of the SRNT was held in Boston, USA in March 2013.  Attendees from NZ included ASPIRE2025’s director, Professor Richard Edwards and researcher, Anaru Waa.

One possible supply-side strategy for the tobacco endgame is a government-mandated ‘sinking lid’ on tobacco supply (tradeable but decreasing quotas on sales or imports).

We have great pleasure in presenting the ASPIRE2025 research theme’s Annual Report for 2012.

This study sought to examine young New Zealand smokers’ access to social supplies of cigarettes.

This news article in the British Medical Journal discusses the New Zealand goverments decision to move ahead with plain packaging of cigarettes.

We have developed manual methods to gather data on the point prevalence of observed smoking in road vehicles.

The New Zealand health sector pursues a wide range of tobacco control interventions and these have intensified after the adoption of the Government’s “Smokefree Nation by 2025” goal (e.g., smokefre

ASPIRE2025 researchers congratulate the government on its decision to introduce plain packaging.