Tagged: Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025

After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Jun 04, 2020 •

• Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025,
• children's health,
• public health law,
• smokefree cars,
• Smoking,
• tobacco

George Thomson, Nick Wilson, Richard Edwards This blog discusses the passing of the Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carrying Children) Amendment Act last week. We briefly review some lessons from this legislation’s long journey and explore future smokefree possibilities in Aotearoa / New Zealand.   A law providing smokefree cars for children is a matter for … Read More

Patterns of declining smoking in NZ – But more action needed by the new government - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Nov 21, 2017 •

• Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025,
• cigarettes,
• quit,
• smokefree,
• Smoking,
• tobacco

By Nick Wilson, Frederieke Sanne van der Deen, Richard Edwards, George Thomson, Anaru Waa, Tony Blakely Just published results from the NZ Health Survey indicate ongoing declines in smoking for Māori and for European New Zealanders. In this blog we comment on the possible reasons for these trends and describe recent work on how progress could be accelerated. The results … Read More