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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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Government and smokefree sector work pays off
01 December 2021
The New Zealand Health Survey shows a dramatic decline in smoking. "The hard work of the Gov...
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Smokefree cars and what's next
28 November 2021
ASH welcomes smokefree cars, but told Newshub reporter Mitchell Alexander that New Zealand s...
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New rules ban smoking in cars with kids
24 November 2021
The New Zealand Herald reports smokeless cars with kids are coming 28 November 2021. ASH Di...
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Smokeless cars for kids
24 November 2021
The latest move requiring any car - moving or stationary - carrying people under the age of ...
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Why a black market looms as NZ stubs out smoking
23 November 2021
Dr Eric Crampton is Chief Economist, the New Zealand Initiative, implores the Government to ...
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Survey of vaping products in New Zealand
20 November 2021
A study by ESR of what is in vaping products has yielded some disturbing results. The study...
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Health advocates demand a bold smokefree plan
18 November 2021
More than 110 health and community organisations, including ASH and all district health boar...
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DHBs throw their weight behind Smokefree 2025
08 November 2021
District health boards are backing calls for rapid action on Aotearoa’s smokefree goals sayi...
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