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Media Releases
ASH welcomes the Smokefree 2025 plan but calls for immediate action
15 April 2021
ASH welcomes the Government’s draft Smokefree Plan of Action released today and congratulate...
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Vaping Policy FAQ's Released
11 May 2020
There are so many questions about vaping and good policy, that we put together a list of fre...
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E-cigarettes displacing youth smoking in New Zealand: Major new study published in the Lancet Public Health
22 January 2020
A major study of youth smoking by ASH New Zealand and the University of Auckland shows that ...
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E-cigarettes displacing youth smoking in New Zealand
22 January 2020
A major study of youth smoking by ASH New Zealand and the University of Auckland shows that ...
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A Surge Strategy for Smokefree 2025
07 October 2019
7 October 2019 Today a report written by leading tobacco control experts outlines how the ...
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Leading New Zealand academic says the World Health Organisation’s approach to vaping will protect the cigarette trade and cause more harm than good.
30 August 2019
30 August 2019 In a comment published in the Lancet today, Emeritus Professor Robert Beagl...
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Sept 2018 - Latest ASH survey show less than 2% of Year 10 students use e-cigarettes daily.
25 September 2018
Results from the ASH year 10 smoking survey show that in 2017 fewer than 2% of Year 10 stude...
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Former PM Helen Clark celebrates 25 years of progress on youth smoking
21 May 2018
May 2018 ASH – Action for Smokefree 2025 has released the 25th anniversary results of the ...
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ASH welcomes the end of tobacco branding in New Zealand
21 May 2018
As of today, March 14th, Tobacco companies will no longer be able to sell cigarettes in bran...
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The latest ASH national year 10 smoking survey shows youth smoking is at an all time low.
21 May 2018
Results from the 2016 ASH year 10 survey released today show that only 2.2 percent of year t...
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Action for Smokefree 2025 (ASH) welcomes Jenny Salesa as the new Minister responsible for Smokefree 2025.
12 February 2018
Ministerial delegations have been dished out, and Jenny Salesa has been given responsibility...
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Latest smoking statistics show a worrying lack of progress toward Smokefree 2025
12 February 2018
February 2018 - Nearly 7 years since the last government agreed to a goal for a Smokefree N...
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