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Qualitative exploration of public and smoker understanding of, and reactions to, an endgame solution to the tobacco epidemicRichard Edwards
University of Otago, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 12:782. 2012..We explored the understanding of, and reactions to, a tobacco-free vision and an endgame approach to tobacco control among New Zealand smokers and non-smokers...
Setting a good example? Changes in smoking prevalence among key occupational groups in New Zealand: evidence from the 1981 and 2006 censusesRichard Edwards
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 14:329-37. 2012..Our aim was to assess trends in smoking prevalence among potential role model occupational groups in NZ...- Anthropometry measures and prevalence of obesity in the urban adult population of Cameroon: an update from the Cameroon Burden of Diabetes Baseline SurveyRaoul M Kamadjeu
Health of Population in Transition Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde University I, Cameroon
BMC Public Health 6:228. 2006..The objective of the study was to provide baseline and reference data on the prevalence and distribution of overweight and obesity, using different anthropometric measurements in adult urban populations in Cameroon... - Prioritising between direct observation of therapy and case-finding interventions for tuberculosis: use of population impact measuresRichard F Heller
Evidence for Population Health Unit, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
BMC Med 4:35. 2006..Using tuberculosis (TB) in India as an example, we examined the population impact of two interventions: direct observation of therapy and increasing case-finding... - Beneficial impacts of a national smokefree environments law on an indigenous population: a multifaceted evaluationRichard Edwards
Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Int J Equity Health 8:12. 2009..abstract:.. - Daring to dream: reactions to tobacco endgame ideas among policy-makers, media and public health practitionersRichard Edwards
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 11:580. 2011..We explored attitudes towards supply-side focused 'endgame' tobacco control approaches and how they can be best communicated with senior policymakers, journalists, and public health practitioners... - After the smoke has cleared: evaluation of the impact of a new national smoke-free law in New ZealandR Edwards
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Tob Control 17:e2. 2008.... - Does living near heavy industry cause lung cancer in women? A case-control study using life grid interviewsR Edwards
Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Thorax 61:1076-82. 2006..Previous research has implicated industrial pollution as a possible cause. A study was undertaken to investigate whether prolonged residence close to heavy industry is associated with lung cancer among women in Teesside... 
Smoking, smoking cessation, and use of smoking cessation aids and support services in South Derbyshire, EnglandRichard Edwards
Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
Public Health 121:321-32. 2007....- Pleasure or pain? A profile of smokers in Northern EnglandR Edwards
Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
Public Health 120:760-8. 2006..To construct a profile of smokers using multiple indices of physical, mental and social health... - Cigarette smoking and primary open angle glaucoma: a systematic reviewRichard Edwards
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
J Glaucoma 17:558-66. 2008..To evaluate the epidemiologic evidence for a causal association between tobacco smoking and primary open angle glaucoma (POAG)... - Smoking outdoors at pubs and bars: is it a problem? An air quality studyRichard Edwards
Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
N Z Med J 124:27-37. 2011..iii) To evaluate evidence that the degree of communication between the outdoor smoking area and indoor areas influences the level of particulates indoors... - Low and declining cigarette smoking rates among doctors and nurses: 2006 New Zealand Census dataRichard Edwards
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
N Z Med J 121:43-51. 2008..To examine smoking status among doctors and nurses using data from the 2006 Census and to describe recent trends in smoking prevalence among doctors and nurses... - Levels of second hand smoke in pubs and bars by deprivation and food-serving status: a cross-sectional study from North West EnglandRichard Edwards
Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 6:42. 2006..We set out to test the hypothesis that pubs from more deprived areas and non food-serving pubs have higher levels of particulate air pollution... - Spousal smoking as an indicator of total secondhand smoke exposureRichard Edwards
Department of Public Health, Health Promotion and Policy Research Group, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 11:606-13. 2009..Secondhand smoke exposure was measured in the home (spousal and nonspousal), workplace, and social/other settings over the whole life course... - Use of a national quitline and variation in use by smoker characteristics: ITC Project New ZealandNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 12:S78-84. 2010..The setting was New Zealand (NZ), which takes proactive measures to attract disadvantaged smokers to this service... - Government paralysis? Stable tobacco prices mean preventable deaths and disease persist, along with health inequalities in New ZealandGeorge Thomson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Box 7343 Wellington, New Zealand
N Z Med J 123:74-80. 2010..These could include more prime-time mass media campaigns and greater Quitline capacity. Tobacco tax increases are a highly evidence-based policy that could help reduce harm to the health of New Zealanders and reduce health inequalities... - Characteristics of smoker support for increasing a dedicated tobacco tax: national survey data from New ZealandNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington South, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 12:168-73. 2010..To examine smoker support for tobacco tax and for increased dedicated tobacco taxes, along with associations forany such support... - Smokers have varying misperceptions about the harmfulness of menthol cigarettes: national survey dataNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 35:364-7. 2011..To describe the prevalence of menthol use and perceptions of relative harmfulness among smokers in an ethnically diverse population where tobacco marketing is relatively constrained (New Zealand)... - A qualitative case study of policy maker views about the protection of children from smoking in carsGeorge Thomson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Box 7343, Wellington South, Wellington, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 12:970-7. 2010.... - At the frontier of tobacco control: a brief review of public attitudes toward smoke-free outdoor placesGeorge Thomson
University of Otago, Box 7343, Wellington South, Wellington, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 11:584-90. 2009..Their use appears to be one of the frontier areas of tobacco control development. We briefly reviewed the available reports on public attitudes about smoke-free public outdoor areas... - Increased smoker recognition of a national quitline number following introduction of improved pack warnings: ITC Project New ZealandNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 12:S72-7. 2010..We examined how recognition of a national quitline number changed after new health warnings were required on tobacco packaging in New Zealand (NZ)... - What are the elements of the tobacco endgame?George Thomson
University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Tob Control 21:293-5. 2012..Even with some or all these circumstances, opposition from business, internal government forces and international factors may influence results... - Use of four major tobacco control interventions in New Zealand: a reviewNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
N Z Med J 121:71-86. 2008..To identify the extent to which four major population-level tobacco control interventions were used in New Zealand from January 2000 to June 2007... - Lessons from New Zealand's introduction of pictorial health warnings on tobacco packagingJanet Hoek
Department of Marketing, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, Otago, 9054, New Zealand
Bull World Health Organ 88:861-6. 2010..All countries could also support moves by the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control's Secretariat to develop an international bank of copyright-free warnings... - A decade of tobacco control efforts in New Zealand (1996-2006): impacts on inequalities in census-derived smoking prevalenceClare Salmond
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 14:664-73. 2012..The purpose of this paper is to inform policy by examining the relationships between smoking prevalence and age, sex, socioeconomic position, and ethnicity, comparing data from the 1996 and 2006 national censuses... - Misperceptions of "light" cigarettes abound: national survey dataNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 9:126. 2009..In this study we aimed to determine smokers' use and beliefs concerning "light" and "mild" cigarettes ("lights"), including in relation to ethnicity, deprivation and other socio-demographic characteristics... - A new national smokefree law increased calls to a national quitlineNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, Otago University Wellington, Wellington South, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 7:75. 2007..Previous work has shown that the number of calls to the Quitline are influenced by marketing of the service through media campaigns. We set out to investigate if the smokefree law increased calls to the Quitline... - A persisting secondhand smoke hazard in urban public places: results from fine particulate (PM2.5) air samplingNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, PO Box 7343 Wellington South, New Zealand
N Z Med J 124:34-47. 2011..To assess the need for additional smokefree settings, by measuring secondhand smoke (SHS) in a range of public places in an urban setting... - Ending appreciable tobacco use in a nation: using a sinking lid on supplyGeorge Thomson
University of Otago, Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
Tob Control 19:431-5. 2010..The likely context for initial success in jurisdictions includes geographical isolation and/or strong border controls, absence of significant tobacco production and/or manufacturing and low government corruption... - Tobacco branding, plain packaging, pictorial warnings, and symbolic consumptionJanet Hoek
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Qual Health Res 22:630-9. 2012..Replacing tobacco branding with larger health warnings diminishes the cachet brand insignia creates, weakens the social benefits brands confer on users, and represents a potentially powerful policy measure... - What is behind smoker support for new smokefree areas? National survey dataNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 10:498. 2010..Some countries have started to extend indoor smokefree laws to cover cars and various outdoor settings. However, policy-modifiable factors around smoker support for these new laws are not well described... - Public, private and personal: qualitative research on policymakers' opinions on smokefree interventions to protect children in 'private' spacesGareth Rouch
University of Otago, Wellington, Box 7343 Wellington, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 10:797. 2010..In particular, to seek policymaker opinions on the regulation of smoking in homes, cars and public parks and playgrounds in a country with incomplete smokefree laws (New Zealand)... - Strong smoker interest in 'setting an example to children' by quitting: national survey dataGeorge Thomson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 35:81-4. 2011..To further explore smoker views on reasons to quit... - Survey of descriptors on cigarette packs: still misleading consumers?Jo Peace
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington School of Medicine, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
N Z Med J 122:90-6. 2009..This study explored changes in tobacco packaging that had been introduced to the New Zealand market, by surveying descriptors used on cigarette packs after the Commerce Commission's warning... - A cross-sectional analysis of how young adults perceive tobacco brands: implications for FCTC signatoriesPhilip Gendall
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 12:796. 2012..To test whether tobacco packaging functions as advertising by communicating attractive and distinctive brand attributes, we explored how young adult smokers and non-smokers interpreted familiar and unfamiliar tobacco brands... - Parental behaviours, but not parental smoking, influence current smoking and smoking susceptibility among 14 and 15 year-old childrenAndrew Waa
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 35:530-6. 2011..To explore whether parental behaviours related to smoking socialisation and parenting are associated with smoking susceptibility and current smoking in 14-15 year old students... - Smoker interest in lower harm alternatives to cigarettes: national survey dataNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington South, Wellington 6012, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 11:1467-73. 2009..The aim of this study was to examine knowledge and attitudes to lower harm alternatives to cigarettes among New Zealand (NZ) smokers... - In sight, in mind: retailer compliance with legislation on limiting retail tobacco displaysMegan Quedley
University of Otago, Wellington South, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 10:1347-54. 2008..The results suggest that the implementation of legislation to partly limit retail displays of tobacco products can be difficult. A ban on retail displays of tobacco products is likely to be a more effective and enforceable policy... - Support by New Zealand smokers for new types of smokefree areas: national survey dataNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, PO Box 7343 Wellington South, New Zealand
N Z Med J 122:80-9. 2009..To describe smoker support for new smokefree laws covering cars and outdoor settings, in a national sample of New Zealand (NZ) smokers... - If nobody smoked tobacco in New Zealand from 2020 onwards, what effect would this have on ethnic inequalities in life expectancy?Tony Blakely
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
N Z Med J 123:26-36. 2010..If nobody smoked tobacco from 2020 onwards, then life expectancy in 2040 will be approximated by projected never-smoker life expectancy... - Tobacco retail displays: a comparison of industry arguments and retailers' experiencesJanet Hoek
Department of Marketing, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Tob Control 21:497-501. 2012..These arguments have successfully delayed policy development in several jurisdictions... - Hazardous patterns of alcohol use are relatively common in smokers: ITC Project (New Zealand)Nick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
N Z Med J 125:34-41. 2012..To describe patterns of alcohol use in a nationally-representative sample of New Zealand smokers... - National smokefree law in New Zealand improves air quality inside bars, pubs and restaurantsNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 7:85. 2007.... - Distribution of new graphic warning labels: Are tobacco companies following regulations?Nick Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Tob Induc Dis 5:14. 2009.... - Evidence and arguments on tobacco retail displays: marketing an addictive drug to children?George Thomson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
N Z Med J 121:87-98. 2008..To investigate arguments for and against a ban on tobacco displays in New Zealand shops... - Young adults' interpretations of tobacco brands: implications for tobacco controlPhilip Gendall
Department of Marketing, Massey University, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 13:911-8. 2011..Knowledge of how groups prone to smoking experimentation interpret tobacco branding would inform the debate over plain packaging currently occurring in many countries... - How do tobacco retail displays affect cessation attempts? Findings from a qualitative studyJ Hoek
Department of Marketing, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Tob Control 19:334-7. 2010..Calls to ban tobacco retail displays would be strengthened if this measure would deter initiation and support cessation... - Estimating missed government tax revenue from foreign tobacco: survey of discarded cigarette packsN Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
Tob Control 18:416-8. 2009..To clarify the extent of use of foreign (including duty free, foreign normal retail and smuggled) tobacco, and to estimate missed government tax revenue in a geographically isolated country... - The association of active smoking with multiple cancers: national census-cancer registry cohorts with quantitative bias analysisTony Blakely
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
Cancer Causes Control 24:1243-55. 2013.... - Potential advantages and disadvantages of an endgame strategy: a 'sinking lid' on tobacco supplyNick Wilson
Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, Wellington 6002, New Zealand
Tob Control 22:i18-i21. 2013..One possible supply-side strategy for the tobacco endgame is a government-mandated 'sinking lid' on tobacco supply (tradeable but decreasing quotas on sales or imports)... - Food, fizzy, and football: promoting unhealthy food and beverages through sport - a New Zealand case studyMARY ANN CARTER
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 23a Mein St Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
BMC Public Health 13:126. 2013..This study aimed to identify the characteristics and extent of sponsorships and associated marketing by food and non-alcoholic beverage brands and companies through a case study of New Zealand sport... - A pilot study of medical student attitudes to, and use of, commercial movies that address public health issuesPeter Gallagher
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343 Wellington South 6021, New Zealand
BMC Res Notes 4:111. 2011..abstract:.. - Implementing guidelines in primary care: can population impact measures help?Richard F Heller
Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, The Medical School, The University of Manchester, UK
BMC Public Health 3:7. 2003.... - Highly hazardous air quality associated with smoking in cars: New Zealand pilot studyRichard Edwards
N Z Med J 119:U2294. 2006 - Prevalence of wheeze and self-reported asthma and asthma care in an urban and rural area of Tanzania and CameroonFerdinand Mugusi
Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Trop Doct 34:209-14. 2004..There were major gaps in clinical care, particularly in urban areas. Sustainable methods for delivering accessible and effective asthma care in sub-Saharan Africa are required... - Teenagers' perceptions of blindness related to smoking: a novel message to a vulnerable groupPhillip Moradi
Bolton Eye Unit, Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, Bolton BL4 0JR, UK
Br J Ophthalmol 91:605-7. 2007..Cigarette smoking often starts in teenage years. It is not known whether teenagers are aware of the association of smoking with eye disease and blindness... - The prevalence of misleading tobacco descriptors in the New Zealand tobacco marketNick Wilson
N Z Med J 120:U2497. 2007 - Lessons from Hong Kong and other countries for outdoor smokefree areas in New Zealand?Nick Wilson
N Z Med J 120:U2624. 2007 - The problem of tobacco smokingRichard Edwards
Medical School, University of Manchester
BMJ 328:217-9. 2004 - Tobacco smoking, harm reduction, and nicotine product regulationJohn Britton
Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
Lancet 371:441-5. 2008 - The impact of partial smokefree legislation on health inequalities: evidence from a survey of 1150 pubs in North West EnglandKaren Tocque
North West Public Health Observatory, Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, North Street, Liverpool, L3 2AY, UK
BMC Public Health 5:91. 2005..We aimed to survey pubs and bars across the North West of England to assess smoking policies and the proportion and variations by deprivation level of venues preparing and serving food... - Going smoke-free: the medical case for clean air in the home, at work and in public placesRichard Edwards
Clin Med 5:548-50. 2005 - Taxes for health: the argument is more about health than economicsRichard Edwards
N Z Med J 120:U2790. 2007 - Recent changes in cigarette packaging in New Zealand may continue to mislead smokersJo Peace
N Z Med J 121:U2908. 2008 - Tobacco control in New Zealand: top marks for new smoking cessation guidelines, must try harder elsewhereRichard Edwards
N Z Med J 121:5-8. 2008 - Tobacco-free countries: could Pacific Island countries lead the way?Nick Wilson
N Z Med J 120:U2845. 2007 - Majority of smokers and non-smokers in favour of smokefree parks in New ZealandAnn-Marie Stevenson
N Z Med J 121:108-10. 2008 - Assessing the impact of heart failure specialist services on patient populationsGeorgios Lyratzopoulos
School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, M13 9PT, United Kingdom
BMC Health Serv Res 4:10. 2004..We examined the potential impact on readmissions and mortality of specialist heart failure services capable of delivering treatments such as b-blockers and Nurse-Led Educational Intervention (N-LEI)... - Restrictions impeding web-based courses: a survey of publishers' variation in authorising access to high quality on-line literatureMichele Langlois
Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, The Medical School, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, United Kingdom
BMC Med Educ 4:7. 2004..Publishers' responses to requests to access health literature in the context of developing an electronic Master's degree course are described... - Smoking and blindnessSimon P Kelly
BMJ 328:537-8. 2004 - Age related macular degeneration: smoking entails major risk of blindnessSimon P Kelly
BMJ 326:1458-9; author reply 1459-60. 2003 - Public health in Primary Care Trusts: a resource needs assessmentRichard F Heller
Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
Public Health 117:157-64. 2003.... - Smoking and cataract: review of causal associationSimon P Kelly
Eye Unit, Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, Bolton, United Kingdom
J Cataract Refract Surg 31:2395-404. 2005..The association fulfills the established criteria for causality. The association between smoking and other types of cataract is less distinct and requires further evaluation... - Properties of "light" cigarettes sold in New ZealandKaila J Norton
N Z Med J 121:107-10. 2008 - Should New Zealand's Commerce Commission act on cigarette brand name deception?Nick Wilson
N Z Med J 119:U2295. 2006 - Impact of upward social mobility on population mortality: analysis with routine dataRichard F Heller
Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
BMJ 325:134. 2002..To examine the contribution of changes in the distribution of social class to the mortality of the whole population between 1970-2 and 1991-3... - Lessons for the criminal justice process from evidence-based medical practice?Richard Edwards
N Z Med J 120:U2480. 2007 - 'Smoke gets in your eyes': a research-informed professional education and advocacy programmeJudith Thornton
Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 29:142-6. 2007.... - Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior relating to diabetes and its main risk factors among urban residents in Cameroon: a qualitative surveyEmmanuel Kiawi
Health of Population in Transition Research Group HoPiT Cameroon, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, PO Box 8046, Yaounde, Cameroon
Ethn Dis 16:503-9. 2006..Health education should be informed by lay perspectives to maximize the appropriateness of the messages and their effect on knowledge, attitudes, and behavior... - Critical appraisal for public health: a new checklistRichard F Heller
Evidence for Population Health Unit, Division of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
Public Health 122:92-8. 2008..There have been a number of attempts to develop critical appraisal tools, but few have had a public health focus. This paper describes a new checklist with public health aspects... - Campylobacter infection and chicken: an update on New Zealand's largest 'common source outbreak'Michael Baker
N Z Med J 120:U2717. 2007 - Economics can be good for health: need for rational policy without the influence of vested interestsNick Wilson
N Z Med J 120:U2757. 2007