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Latest News
See all news >Newsable: GPs, anti-smoking charity at odds over vaping proposal
15 March 2023
Ben Youdan, the director of ASH (Action for Smokefree 2025), on restrictions around vaping p...
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We're winning the smokefree race - but it's no time to let up
30 December 2022
Emeritus Professor and chairperson of ASH, Robert Beaglehole, on 2025 Smokefree goal. To r...
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Survey shows milestone drop in smoking among Pasifika youth
09 December 2022
RNZ reported today a result of one of the largest youth smoking surveys showing a low record...
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ASH talks to Newshub investigation on illicit tobacco
06 September 2022
Newshub investigation finds black market tobacco being sold online out of homes https://www....
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Robert Beaglehole: Smokefree by 2025 - fairly and simply
27 June 2022
Emeritus Professor and chairperson of ASH, Robert Beaglehole, writes about the introduction ...
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Tobacco control: getting to the finish line
14 May 2022
Emeritus Professors Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita write in the Lancet urging the adopti...
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Daily teen vaping increases while teen smoking falls
20 April 2022
The NZ Herald today reported today on the youth vaping and smoking rates, quoting the most r...
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A frontline smoking cessation worker tells Waatea News that the Government’s Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan is a bold move that will save Māori lives.
09 March 2022
Rebecca Ruwhiu-Collins is interviewed by Waatea News on teen smoking rates among Māori and w...
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Latest Resources
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Vaping and young people: ASH position statement
Action for Smokefree 2025 (ASH) shares concerns about increasing youth vaping inAotearoa. We...
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Emeritus Professor, Robert Beaglehole's keynote Address to the E-Cigarette Summit
The E-cigarette Summit's 2021 London event featured a keynote address by Professor Robert B...
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Smokefree Aoteoroa 2025 Action Plan
The Government has released its action plan to get New Zealand to a smokefree future. The m...
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Smokefree Aoteoroa 2025 - fairness matters
ASH Chair, Emeritus Professor, Robert Beaglehole, presented at the University of Auckland, S...
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