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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...
Developing a smartphone 'app' for public health research: the example of measuring observed smoking in vehiclesVimal 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...
Objective measurement of area differences in 'private' smoking behaviour: observing smoking in vehiclesVimal Patel
Department Public Health, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
Tob Control 22:130-5. 2013....
Informing outdoor smokefree policy: methods for measuring the proportion of people smoking in outdoor public areasGeorge 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...
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...
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....
Vehicle emissions and consumer information in car advertisementsNick 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...
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...
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...
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...
Smoking in film in New Zealand: measuring risk exposureJesse 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...
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)...
A pilot qualitative study of New Zealand policymakers' knowledge of, and attitudes to, the tobacco industrySheena 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...
Public attitudes to laws for smoke-free private vehicles: a brief reviewG 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...
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....
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...
The use and misuse of health research by parliamentary politicians during the development of a national smokefree lawGeorge Thomson
University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Aust New Zealand Health Policy 4:24. 2007....
Policymakers and the example of smoking to children: A qualitative studySheena Hudson
University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Tob Induc Dis 9:1. 2011..abstract:..
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...
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...
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...
One year of smokefree bars and restaurants in New Zealand: impacts and responsesGeorge 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...
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....
Pacific solutions to reducing smoking around Pacific children in New Zealand: a qualitative study of Pacific policymaker viewsTolotea 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)...
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...
Smokefree cars in New Zealand: rapid research among stakeholders on attitudes and future directionsDylan 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...
How much downside? Quantifying the relative harm from tobacco taxationN 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...
Getting an outdoor smokefree policy: the case of Kapiti Coast District CouncilLeigh 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)...
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...
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...
Tobacco tax as a health protecting policy: a brief review of the New Zealand evidenceNick 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...
Second-hand smoke at work: the exposure, perceptions and attitudes of bar and restaurant workers to environmental tobacco smokeS 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...
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...
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...
Butt lengths differ by area deprivation level: a field study to explore intensive smokingGeorge 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...
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...
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...
Rethinking the regulatory framework for tobacco control in New ZealandGeorge 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...
Smoky homes: a review of the exposure and effects of secondhand smoke in New Zealand homesGeorge 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...
Unequal risks, unmet needs: the tobacco burden for Pacific peoples in New ZealandTolotea 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...
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...
Observed smoking in cars: a method and differences by socioeconomic areaJosh 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...
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:..
Smooth handling: the lack of safety-related consumer information in car advertisementsNick 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...
Framing obesity: the framing contest between industry and public health at the New Zealand inquiry into obesityG L Jenkin
Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Obes Rev 12:1022-30. 2011....
Content analysis and publication outcomes of projects by public health medicine registrarsN 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...
Smokefree outdoor areas without the smoke-police: the New Zealand local authority experienceBrent 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...
A call to reduce harm from tobacco pack marketing and bolster consumer health protection in New ZealandGeorge Thomson
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
N Z Med J 121:98-101. 2008
Population level policy options for increasing the prevalence of smokefree homesGeorge 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...
Tobacco taxation and public health: ethical problems, policy responsesNick 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....
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...
Killing the canary: the international epidemiology of the homicide of media workersL 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...
Attitudes to, and knowledge of, secondhand smoke in New Zealand homes and carsGeorge 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...
Patterns of sports sponsorship by gambling, alcohol and food companies: an Internet surveyAnthony 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...
The decline of smoking in British portraitureN 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...
Deaths from international terrorism compared with road crash deaths in OECD countriesN 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...
Marketing fat and sugar to children on New Zealand televisionNick 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...
Maori challenges and crown responsibilities: Maori policymaker ideas on smokefree policy optionsHeather 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...
Smokefree streets: a pilot study of methods to inform policyRhys Parry
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Box 7343 Wellington South, Wellington, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 13:389-94. 2011....
Print media response to SARS in New ZealandNick 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...
Public support of tobacco taxationNick Wilson
N Z Med J 115:U73. 2002
New Zealand: hospitality trade's "mindset" problemGeorge Thomson
Tob Control 13:324-5. 2004
Spending decisions for tobacco-related disease treatment and tobacco control: an example and a solutionGeorge Thomson
N Z Med J 118:U1337. 2005
Still dying from second-hand smoke at work: a brief review of the evidence for smoke-free workplaces in New ZealandNick 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...
Journal article on smoking and blindness prompts significantly more calls to the QuitlineNick Wilson
N Z Med J 115:199-200. 2002
Recent changes in cigarette packaging in New Zealand may continue to mislead smokersJo Peace
N Z Med J 121:U2908. 2008
Regulations should ban the sale of cigarette pack covers of health warningsNick Wilson
N Z Med J 119:U2251. 2006
Persisting loopholes in New Zealand's smokefree law on tobacco marketingGeorge Thomson
N Z Med J 120:U2597. 2007
Lessons from Hong Kong and other countries for outdoor smokefree areas in New Zealand?Nick Wilson
N Z Med J 120:U2624. 2007
What Wellington region city councillors think of smokefree outdoor placesSharon 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...
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
Majority of smokers and non-smokers in favour of smokefree parks in New ZealandAnn-Marie Stevenson
N Z Med J 121:108-10. 2008
Screening for Ministerial appointments? Systems failure in Peter Dunne's appointment as a New Zealand Revenue and Associate Health MinisterGeorge Thomson
N Z Med J 118:U1765. 2005
Last chance to fix the holes in proposed legislation for smoke-free environmentsGeorge Thomson
N Z Med J 116:U409. 2003
Supporting smoking cessation in pregnancy--action is urgently neededNick Wilson
N Z Med J 116:U415. 2003
Key arguments for increasing New Zealand's health development assistance in the PacificNick Wilson
N Z Med J 117:U831. 2004
The prevalence of misleading tobacco descriptors in the New Zealand tobacco marketNick Wilson
N Z Med J 120:U2497. 2007
Talking health, doing harm: New Zealand Government investment in industries that killNick Wilson
N Z Med J 120:U2452. 2007
More evidence for action on New Zealand's obesogenic school environment and food pricingNick Wilson
N Z Med J 120:U2397. 2007
Tobacco industry fears of the World Conference of Tobacco or HealthGeorge Thomson
N Z Med J 119:U1921. 2006
Hazardous and beneficial nutritional messages in 858 televised food advertisements during children's viewing hoursNick Wilson
N Z Med J 119:U1967. 2006
Policymakers' ignorance of New Zealand Government investment in tobacco companiesSheena Hudson
N Z Med J 119:U2269. 2006
Should New Zealand's Commerce Commission act on cigarette brand name deception?Nick Wilson
N Z Med J 119:U2295. 2006
Re-evaluating a local public health control measure used in New Zealand for the pandemic influenza of 1918Nick Wilson
N Z Med J 118:U1714. 2005
Fear of the unknown: press coverage of bar owners' fears about smokefree barsGeorge Thomson
N Z Med J 117:U1131. 2004
Politicians and tobacco control in New Zealand: a brief three-year auditNick Wilson
N Z Med J 118:U1645. 2005
The New Zealand Government's 2005 Budget: missed opportunities for significant public health progressNick Wilson
N Z Med J 118:U1511. 2005
New Zealand: return of tobacco manGeorge Thomson
Tob Control 14:149. 2005
Cigarette pack covers (of health warnings) and the public goodGeorge Thomson
N Z Med J 119:U2371. 2006
Acting upstream to control the obesity epidemic in New ZealandNick Wilson
N Z Med J 119:U1914. 2006
