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A 'watershed moment:' Smoking among year 10 students falls to all-time low
28 February 2022
Rachel Thomas writes for Stuff that smoking among year 10 students has fallen to its lowest ...
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Smoking among young teens hits record low as vaping increases
28 February 2022
The New Zealand Herald reports that smoking among young teens has fallen to a record low, re...
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Vaping product regulations introduced
11 February 2022
The government continues it's roll-out of vaping regulations, today to better ensure product...
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Vaping is helping to reduce smoking
05 January 2022
Māori Television reports that people are smoking less and that vaping is contributing to the...
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Robert Beaglehole writes for NZ Herald
30 December 2021
With increased promotion of vaping to adults who smoke, community-led initiatives and contro...
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As smoke clears, I'd rather be here
22 December 2021
ASH Director, Deborah Hart writes for the Wanganui Chronicle on why we have gotten it right ...
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Ex-WHO Director Slams Its Tobacco Harm Reduction Denial
20 December 2021
Filter Magazine, which advocates through journalism for rational and compassionate approache...
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Columbian Radio W reports on Smokefree 2025
15 December 2021
ASH Director, Deborah Hart talks to Radio W in Columbia on what it will take to get us to th...
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ASH Chair, Emeritus Robert Beaglehole on Breakfast TV - The Smokefree Plan
10 December 2021
"The game-changers are that the Government recognises that smoking is uniquely harmful and t...
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TVOne News - The Smokefree Plan
09 December 2021
A world-first policy. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, " Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was ask...
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Smokefree 2025: People aged 14 will be banned from smoking under new law
09 December 2021
Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall launched Auahi Kore Aotearoa Mahere Rautaki 2...
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Record number of Kiwis give up smoking
01 December 2021
Nearly 100,000 people have quit cigarettes in the past year - the biggest decline ever recor...
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