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Vaping no longer considered 'cool' by youths as underage vaping numbers drop
01 December 2025
An anti-smoking group says young people don't think vaping is as cool as it used to be. Act...
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Is a smokefree generation within reach?
01 December 2025
Data reveals rates of vaping and smoking in young people is on the decline. This report is a...
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Vaping rates drop for Year 10 students
01 December 2025
A survey of more than 30,000 Year 10 students has found vaping rates have dropped from a pea...
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Youth vaping rates halve within two years, 'negligible' number smoking - survey
01 December 2025
A survey of more than 30,000 of New Zealand's Year 10 students has indicated that the percep...
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Is vaping no longer cool for teens?
30 November 2025
A new health survey, provided exclusively to the Sunday Star-Times, signals that vaping migh...
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Opinion: NZ is on the cusp of smokefree history, we should celebrate – Robert Beaglehole
11 July 2025
Robert Bealgehole, Emeritus Professor, University of Auckland and Founder and Chair, ASH, be...
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Stuff apologises to Action for Smokefree 2025 (ASH) & Ben Youdan
07 July 2025
On March 26th, the Broadcasting Standards Authority upheld two complaints from Action for Sm...
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Smear tactics against THR advocates reflected in NZ media ruling
11 April 2025
Tobacco harm reduction (THR) advocates don’t just face misinformation in the form of false a...
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Smokefree laws: New Zealand well on track to be smokefree next year
11 January 2024
Emeritus Professor and chairperson of ASH, Robert Beaglehole, and ASH Director, Ben Youdan, ...
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Labour's 'panic' over teen vaping shows it hasn't learned from other addictive substances - ASH
23 August 2023
Ben Youdan, the director of ASH (Action for Smokefree 2025), on Labour's recent reaction ove...
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New Zealand's youth vaping crisis clouds smoke-free future
13 August 2023
Ben Youdan, the director of ASH (Action for Smokefree 2025), on banning vaping issues. To ...
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Calls grow for tighter vaping rules in NZ
30 May 2023
Ben Youdan, the director of ASH (Action for Smokefree 2025), on sources from where students ...
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