G Thomson

Summary

Affiliation: University of Otago
Country: New Zealand

Publications

  1. ncbi At the frontier of tobacco control: a brief review of public attitudes toward smoke-free outdoor places
    George Thomson
    University of Otago, Box 7343, Wellington South, Wellington, New Zealand
    Nicotine Tob Res 11:584-90. 2009
  2. ncbi Developing a smartphone 'app' for public health research: the example of measuring observed smoking in vehicles
    Vimal Patel
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Wellington South, New Zealand
    J Epidemiol Community Health 67:446-52. 2013
  3. ncbi Objective measurement of area differences in 'private' smoking behaviour: observing smoking in vehicles
    Vimal Patel
    Department Public Health, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
    Tob Control 22:130-5. 2013
  4. ncbi Informing outdoor smokefree policy: methods for measuring the proportion of people smoking in outdoor public areas
    George Thomson
    University of Otago, Wellington Mein St, Wellington, New Zealand
    Health Place 20:19-24. 2013
  5. ncbi What are the elements of the tobacco endgame?
    George Thomson
    University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    Tob Control 21:293-5. 2012
  6. ncbi 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
  7. ncbi Vehicle emissions and consumer information in car advertisements
    Nick Wilson
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    Environ Health 7:14. 2008
  8. ncbi Daring to dream: reactions to tobacco endgame ideas among policy-makers, media and public health practitioners
    Richard Edwards
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
    BMC Public Health 11:580. 2011
  9. ncbi What is behind smoker support for new smokefree areas? National survey data
    Nick Wilson
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    BMC Public Health 10:498. 2010
  10. ncbi Misperceptions of "light" cigarettes abound: national survey data
    Nick Wilson
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
    BMC Public Health 9:126. 2009

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  1. ncbi At the frontier of tobacco control: a brief review of public attitudes toward smoke-free outdoor places
    George 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...
  2. ncbi Developing a smartphone 'app' for public health research: the example of measuring observed smoking in vehicles
    Vimal Patel
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Wellington South, New Zealand
    J Epidemiol Community Health 67:446-52. 2013
    ..We have developed manual methods to gather data on the point prevalence of observed smoking in road vehicles. To enable the widespread international collection of such data, we aimed to develop a smartphone application (app) for this work...
  3. ncbi Objective measurement of area differences in 'private' smoking behaviour: observing smoking in vehicles
    Vimal Patel
    Department Public Health, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
    Tob Control 22:130-5. 2013
    ....
  4. ncbi Informing outdoor smokefree policy: methods for measuring the proportion of people smoking in outdoor public areas
    George Thomson
    University of Otago, Wellington Mein St, Wellington, New Zealand
    Health Place 20:19-24. 2013
    ..To advance the design and implementation of outdoor smokefree area policies, we aimed to develop simple, low-cost methods for measuring smoking in a variety of public places...
  5. ncbi 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...
  6. ncbi 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
    ....
  7. ncbi Vehicle emissions and consumer information in car advertisements
    Nick Wilson
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    Environ Health 7:14. 2008
    ..We aimed to examine the content and trends of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution-related information, in light passenger vehicle advertisements...
  8. ncbi Daring to dream: reactions to tobacco endgame ideas among policy-makers, media and public health practitioners
    Richard 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...
  9. ncbi What is behind smoker support for new smokefree areas? National survey data
    Nick 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...
  10. ncbi Misperceptions of "light" cigarettes abound: national survey data
    Nick 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...
  11. ncbi A new national smokefree law increased calls to a national quitline
    Nick 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...
  12. ncbi Smoking in film in New Zealand: measuring risk exposure
    Jesse Gale
    Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
    BMC Public Health 6:243. 2006
    ..This study aimed to quantify exposure to smoking in film received by New Zealand audiences, and evaluate potential interventions to reduce the quantity and impact of this exposure...
  13. ncbi Public, private and personal: qualitative research on policymakers' opinions on smokefree interventions to protect children in 'private' spaces
    Gareth 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)...
  14. ncbi A pilot qualitative study of New Zealand policymakers' knowledge of, and attitudes to, the tobacco industry
    Sheena Hudson
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington Box 7343 Wellington South, New Zealand
    Aust New Zealand Health Policy 4:17. 2007
    ..To evaluate the feasibility of using anonymous in-depth interviews to ascertain policymakers' knowledge about, and attitudes to, the tobacco industry, we undertook a pilot study involving New Zealand policymakers...
  15. ncbi Public attitudes to laws for smoke-free private vehicles: a brief review
    G Thomson
    University of Otago, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
    Tob Control 18:256-61. 2009
    ..Survey series on attitudes to such laws are needed, and surveys in jurisdictions where the issue has not been investigated to date...
  16. ncbi A qualitative case study of policy maker views about the protection of children from smoking in cars
    George Thomson
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Box 7343, Wellington South, Wellington, New Zealand
    Nicotine Tob Res 12:970-7. 2010
    ....
  17. ncbi Government paralysis? Stable tobacco prices mean preventable deaths and disease persist, along with health inequalities in New Zealand
    George 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...
  18. ncbi The use and misuse of health research by parliamentary politicians during the development of a national smokefree law
    George Thomson
    University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    Aust New Zealand Health Policy 4:24. 2007
    ....
  19. ncbi Policymakers and the example of smoking to children: A qualitative study
    Sheena Hudson
    University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    Tob Induc Dis 9:1. 2011
    ..abstract:..
  20. ncbi Strong smoker interest in 'setting an example to children' by quitting: national survey data
    George 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...
  21. ncbi Ending appreciable tobacco use in a nation: using a sinking lid on supply
    George 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...
  22. ncbi 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...
  23. ncbi One year of smokefree bars and restaurants in New Zealand: impacts and responses
    George Thomson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
    BMC Public Health 6:64. 2006
    ..New Zealand introduced a smokefree bars and restaurants policy in December 2004. We reviewed the data available at December 2005 on the main public health, societal and political impacts and responses within New Zealand to the new law...
  24. ncbi After the smoke has cleared: evaluation of the impact of a new national smoke-free law in New Zealand
    R Edwards
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    Tob Control 17:e2. 2008
    ....
  25. ncbi Pacific solutions to reducing smoking around Pacific children in New Zealand: a qualitative study of Pacific policymaker views
    Tolotea Lanumata
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Box 7343 Wellington, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 123:54-63. 2010
    ..To explore the views of Pacific policymakers on solutions to reducing smoking around Pacific children in New Zealand (given smoking is a cause of health inequalities between Pacific peoples and other New Zealanders)...
  26. ncbi In sight, in mind: retailer compliance with legislation on limiting retail tobacco displays
    Megan 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...
  27. ncbi Smokefree cars in New Zealand: rapid research among stakeholders on attitudes and future directions
    Dylan Tapp
    Department of Public Health, Te Tari Hauora Tumatanui, University of Otago, Box 7343 Wellington South, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 122:54-66. 2009
    ..To conduct a rapid appraisal of the attitudes of New Zealand decision makers and tobacco control stakeholders on enacting a smokefree cars law...
  28. ncbi How much downside? Quantifying the relative harm from tobacco taxation
    N Wilson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand
    J Epidemiol Community Health 58:451-4. 2004
    ..To estimate the loss of life expectancy attributable to tobacco taxation (via financial hardship and flow-on health effect) in New Zealand...
  29. ncbi Getting an outdoor smokefree policy: the case of Kapiti Coast District Council
    Leigh Halkett
    University of Otago Wellington, Wellington South, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 123:28-40. 2010
    ..To explore how a smokefree parks policy was conceived, accepted and developed by and for Kapiti Coast District Council (KCDC)...
  30. ncbi Characteristics of smoker support for increasing a dedicated tobacco tax: national survey data from New Zealand
    Nick 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...
  31. ncbi How do tobacco retail displays affect cessation attempts? Findings from a qualitative study
    J 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...
  32. ncbi Estimating missed government tax revenue from foreign tobacco: survey of discarded cigarette packs
    N 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...
  33. ncbi Tobacco tax as a health protecting policy: a brief review of the New Zealand evidence
    Nick Wilson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington South, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 118:U1403. 2005
    ..Substantial scope exists for improving tobacco taxation policy in New Zealand to better protect public health and to improve equity...
  34. ncbi Second-hand smoke at work: the exposure, perceptions and attitudes of bar and restaurant workers to environmental tobacco smoke
    S Jones
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Public Health 25:90-3. 2001
    ..More than 5,000 similar workers in New Zealand appear to share this risk. Implications: This industry needs legislation to make it smoke free...
  35. ncbi Use of four major tobacco control interventions in New Zealand: a review
    Nick 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...
  36. ncbi Support by New Zealand smokers for new types of smokefree areas: national survey data
    Nick 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...
  37. ncbi Butt lengths differ by area deprivation level: a field study to explore intensive smoking
    George Thomson
    University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    Nicotine Tob Res 10:927-31. 2008
    ..Further evidence on observed smoking behavior in the field is necessary to better interpret these preliminary findings...
  38. ncbi 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...
  39. ncbi Lessons from New Zealand's introduction of pictorial health warnings on tobacco packaging
    Janet 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...
  40. ncbi Rethinking the regulatory framework for tobacco control in New Zealand
    George Thomson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington South, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 118:U1405. 2005
    ..As the authority could be funded through levies on the tobacco industry, it has the potential advantage of delivering major population health gains while costing the taxpayer nothing...
  41. ncbi Smoky homes: a review of the exposure and effects of secondhand smoke in New Zealand homes
    George Thomson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington South, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 118:U1404. 2005
    ..To review the evidence of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) in New Zealand homes and its effects on health...
  42. ncbi Unequal risks, unmet needs: the tobacco burden for Pacific peoples in New Zealand
    Tolotea Lanumata
    Department of Public Health, Te Tari Hauora Tumatanui, University of Otago, Box 7343 Wellington South, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 122:39-53. 2009
    ..To review the available published literature and documentary material relevant to smoking by Pacific peoples in New Zealand...
  43. ncbi 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...
  44. ncbi Observed smoking in cars: a method and differences by socioeconomic area
    Josh Martin
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, Wellington South, New Zealand
    Tob Control 15:409-11. 2006
    ..Fortunately, there are a number of policy options for reducing SHS exposure in cars including mass media campaigns and laws for smoke-free cars...
  45. ncbi Beneficial impacts of a national smokefree environments law on an indigenous population: a multifaceted evaluation
    Richard 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:..
  46. ncbi Smooth handling: the lack of safety-related consumer information in car advertisements
    Nick Wilson
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
    Inj Prev 13:304-6. 2007
    ..To examine the content and trends of safety-related consumer information in magazine vehicle advertisements, as a case study within the worldwide marketing of vehicles...
  47. ncbi Framing obesity: the framing contest between industry and public health at the New Zealand inquiry into obesity
    G L Jenkin
    Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    Obes Rev 12:1022-30. 2011
    ....
  48. ncbi Content analysis and publication outcomes of projects by public health medicine registrars
    N Wilson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Public Health 23:541-2. 1999
    ..To examine the content of the project work of public health medicine registrars in New Zealand and identify publication outcomes...
  49. ncbi Smokefree outdoor areas without the smoke-police: the New Zealand local authority experience
    Brent Hyslop
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, PO Box 7343 Wellington South, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 122:67-79. 2009
    ..To investigate (i) the extent, nature and effectiveness of smokefree outdoor area (SFOA) policies in New Zealand, (ii) incentives and motivations for, and barriers to creating these SFOA...
  50. ncbi A call to reduce harm from tobacco pack marketing and bolster consumer health protection in New Zealand
    George Thomson
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 121:98-101. 2008
  51. ncbi Population level policy options for increasing the prevalence of smokefree homes
    George Thomson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
    J Epidemiol Community Health 60:298-304. 2006
    ..To identify and evaluate the options for population level government policies to increase the prevalence of homes free of secondhand smoke...
  52. ncbi Tobacco taxation and public health: ethical problems, policy responses
    Nick Wilson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
    Soc Sci Med 61:649-59. 2005
    ....
  53. ncbi Directly eroding tobacco industry power as a tobacco control strategy: lessons for New Zealand?
    George Thomson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington South, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 118:U1683. 2005
    ..To examine some recent examples of tobacco control policies used elsewhere that seek to directly erode tobacco industry power, and to consider the relevance of these to New Zealand...
  54. ncbi Killing the canary: the international epidemiology of the homicide of media workers
    L Riddick
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
    J Epidemiol Community Health 62:682-8. 2008
    ..To describe the international epidemiology of the homicide of media workers, and investigate country-level risk factors...
  55. ncbi Attitudes to, and knowledge of, secondhand smoke in New Zealand homes and cars
    George Thomson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington South, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 118:U1407. 2005
    ..To review the evidence on knowledge and attitudes among the New Zealand public concerning secondhand smoke (SHS) and smoking in homes and cars...
  56. ncbi Patterns of sports sponsorship by gambling, alcohol and food companies: an Internet survey
    Anthony Maher
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand
    BMC Public Health 6:95. 2006
    ..This research aimed to explore this proportion with an Internet survey of sports sponsorship in the New Zealand setting...
  57. ncbi The decline of smoking in British portraiture
    N Wilson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington South, New Zealand
    Tob Control 13:3-5. 2004
    ..To examine time trends in the portrayal of smoking in a national collection of portraiture and to compare this with the similar trends for television and film...
  58. ncbi Deaths from international terrorism compared with road crash deaths in OECD countries
    N Wilson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, Wellington, New Zealand
    Inj Prev 11:332-3. 2005
    ..To estimate the relative number of deaths in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from international terrorism and road crashes...
  59. ncbi Marketing fat and sugar to children on New Zealand television
    Nick Wilson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, Mein St, Newtown, New Zealand
    Prev Med 42:96-101. 2006
    ..We aimed to determine the frequency and content of television food advertisements during children's viewing times on various New Zealand television channels...
  60. ncbi Maori challenges and crown responsibilities: Maori policymaker ideas on smokefree policy options
    Heather Gifford
    Department of Public Health, Te Tari Hauora Tumatanui, University of Otago, Wellington South, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 123:68-76. 2010
    ..To determine obstacles/opportunities within policy processes, for smokefree interventions appropriate to Maori. In particular, to explore Maori policymakers' ideas on how to achieve progress on smokefree homes, cars and community property...
  61. ncbi Smokefree streets: a pilot study of methods to inform policy
    Rhys Parry
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Box 7343 Wellington South, Wellington, New Zealand
    Nicotine Tob Res 13:389-94. 2011
    ....
  62. ncbi Print media response to SARS in New Zealand
    Nick Wilson
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, Wellington, New Zealand
    Emerg Infect Dis 10:1461-4. 2004
    ..While important accurate health messages were frequently included, some were missed (e.g., hand washing in only 2% of articles). No incorrect information was identified, and health spokespersons were accurately quoted...
  63. ncbi Public support of tobacco taxation
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 115:U73. 2002
  64. ncbi New Zealand: hospitality trade's "mindset" problem
    George Thomson
    Tob Control 13:324-5. 2004
  65. ncbi Spending decisions for tobacco-related disease treatment and tobacco control: an example and a solution
    George Thomson
    N Z Med J 118:U1337. 2005
  66. ncbi Still dying from second-hand smoke at work: a brief review of the evidence for smoke-free workplaces in New Zealand
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 115:U240. 2002
    ..New legislation is likely to enhance the control of SHS in New Zealand, but additional actions such as a mass media campaign on SHS are also desirable...
  67. ncbi Journal article on smoking and blindness prompts significantly more calls to the Quitline
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 115:199-200. 2002
  68. ncbi Recent changes in cigarette packaging in New Zealand may continue to mislead smokers
    Jo Peace
    N Z Med J 121:U2908. 2008
  69. ncbi Regulations should ban the sale of cigarette pack covers of health warnings
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 119:U2251. 2006
  70. ncbi Persisting loopholes in New Zealand's smokefree law on tobacco marketing
    George Thomson
    N Z Med J 120:U2597. 2007
  71. ncbi Lessons from Hong Kong and other countries for outdoor smokefree areas in New Zealand?
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 120:U2624. 2007
  72. ncbi What Wellington region city councillors think of smokefree outdoor places
    Sharon Tay
    School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin
    N Z Med J 121:15-28. 2008
    ..To explore the knowledge of and attitudes to outdoor smokefree policies expressed by city councillors in the Wellington region...
  73. ncbi Tobacco control in New Zealand: top marks for new smoking cessation guidelines, must try harder elsewhere
    Richard Edwards
    N Z Med J 121:5-8. 2008
  74. ncbi Majority of smokers and non-smokers in favour of smokefree parks in New Zealand
    Ann-Marie Stevenson
    N Z Med J 121:108-10. 2008
  75. ncbi Screening for Ministerial appointments? Systems failure in Peter Dunne's appointment as a New Zealand Revenue and Associate Health Minister
    George Thomson
    N Z Med J 118:U1765. 2005
  76. ncbi Last chance to fix the holes in proposed legislation for smoke-free environments
    George Thomson
    N Z Med J 116:U409. 2003
  77. ncbi Supporting smoking cessation in pregnancy--action is urgently needed
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 116:U415. 2003
  78. ncbi Key arguments for increasing New Zealand's health development assistance in the Pacific
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 117:U831. 2004
  79. ncbi The prevalence of misleading tobacco descriptors in the New Zealand tobacco market
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 120:U2497. 2007
  80. ncbi Talking health, doing harm: New Zealand Government investment in industries that kill
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 120:U2452. 2007
  81. ncbi More evidence for action on New Zealand's obesogenic school environment and food pricing
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 120:U2397. 2007
  82. ncbi Tobacco industry fears of the World Conference of Tobacco or Health
    George Thomson
    N Z Med J 119:U1921. 2006
  83. ncbi Hazardous and beneficial nutritional messages in 858 televised food advertisements during children's viewing hours
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 119:U1967. 2006
  84. ncbi Policymakers' ignorance of New Zealand Government investment in tobacco companies
    Sheena Hudson
    N Z Med J 119:U2269. 2006
  85. ncbi Should New Zealand's Commerce Commission act on cigarette brand name deception?
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 119:U2295. 2006
  86. ncbi Re-evaluating a local public health control measure used in New Zealand for the pandemic influenza of 1918
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 118:U1714. 2005
  87. ncbi Fear of the unknown: press coverage of bar owners' fears about smokefree bars
    George Thomson
    N Z Med J 117:U1131. 2004
  88. ncbi Politicians and tobacco control in New Zealand: a brief three-year audit
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 118:U1645. 2005
  89. ncbi The New Zealand Government's 2005 Budget: missed opportunities for significant public health progress
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 118:U1511. 2005
  90. ncbi New Zealand: return of tobacco man
    George Thomson
    Tob Control 14:149. 2005
  91. ncbi Cigarette pack covers (of health warnings) and the public good
    George Thomson
    N Z Med J 119:U2371. 2006
  92. ncbi Acting upstream to control the obesity epidemic in New Zealand
    Nick Wilson
    N Z Med J 119:U1914. 2006