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New Zealand


New Zealand is a country with leading-edge tobacco control policies, including graphic warning labels. New Zealand has completed two waves of The Survey. New Zealand signed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on June 16, 2003, and later ratified the treaty on January 27, 2004.

Survey Overview
Survey Mode: Random Digit Dialed Telephone Survey

Wave  Survey Dates  Survey Sample
1  March 2007 to February 2008  1,376 Smokers
2  April 2008 to January 2009  2,000 Smokers

Tobacco Control Policies

  • New Zealand now has a comprehensive smoke-free law, which covers workplaces, schools and school grounds, restaurants and pubs/bars.
  • There are some outdoor smokefree environments, e.g. some parks.
  • Tobacco marketing is heavily restricted (but still occurs in stores and on packages).
  • Oral smokeless tobacco is illegal to sell.
  • The minimum age for purchasing tobacco is 18 years old.
  • Graphic warning labels were introduced in 2008.
  • For a recent review, see: Wilson, N., Thomson, G., & Edwards, R. (2008). Use of four major tobacco control interventions in New Zealand: A review. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121, 71-86.

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Publications

New Zealand Policy Timeline (February 2011) 
New Zealand Summary of Research Outputs (November 2010)

ITC New Zealand Survey Questionnaire

New Zealand Contact Information
Mary McNally, Project Manager. Email: m2mcnall@uwaterloo.ca 
Nick Wilson, Principal Investigator. Email: nick.wilson@otago.ac.nz

Partner Institutions

  

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