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Posts from the ‘Opinion and Media’ Category

Blog | Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

If social marketing can facilitate and reinforce population-level behaviour, then what is the role of social marketing in supporting the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal?

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Blog | The Case for Banning Cigarette Filters: Addressing a Consumer Fraud, Smoking Decoy and Environmental Hazard

In this latest blog, we examine the NZ Government’s specific proposal to prohibit filters and disallow innovations, additives, and other product changes that sustain the appeal and addictiveness of smoked tobacco products.

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Blog | Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy

In this blog we take a closer look at the tobacco-free generation policy. This is one of the key ideas proposed in the Government's action plan, so what does this mean and what is the likely impact on achieving the Smokefree 2025 goal?

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Blog | Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims

A new blog from ASPIRE2025 researchers examines the arguments and evidence around opposition to the reduction of retailers selling tobacco in the proposed action plan for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025.

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Blog | Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal

The new NZ Government is committed to urgently developing an Action Plan for achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal. A new blog from members of ASPIRE 2025 and BODE3 sets out five potential strategies for achieving this important health and equity goal which could be included in the new action plan.

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