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New Zealand children and teens growing up in smokefree homes are less likely to take up smoking, even if their parents are smokers, this ASPIRE2025 study has found.

From March 14, 2018, all tobacco products in New Zealand will start appearing in standardised, or plain, packages.

This study, led by University of Otago in collaboration with the Health Promotion Agency, examined recent smoking trends among doctors and nurses in New Zealand using recent census data.

A lack of support means many prisoners relapse back to smoking on release, despite many wanting to stay smokefree, this new study has found.

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) arguably pose fewer health risks than smoking, yet many smokers adopt ENDS without fully relinquishing smoking.

Although most smokers want to quit, many of those who begin vaping continue to smoke.

The Ministry of Health guidelines for what can be considered ‘outside’ of bars were declared invalid by a court decision in September 2013.

Investigations of smoking initiation often focus on the experiences of children and youth.

The New Zealand Government is losing up to $89.1 million per annum in tax revenue due to tobacco brought in to the country from overseas, ASPIRE 2025 researchers estimate.

This article in the NZ Herald, shares the very important views of Robert Beaglehole and Richard Edwards.