Research Associate Professor
Contact details
Tel + 64 4 918 5418
Fax + 64 4 389 5319
Email andrew.waa@otago.ac.nz
Research interests and activities
Publications
Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Graham-DeMello, A., Waa, A., & Teddy, L. (2023). New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough? The Briefing, (23 August). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/new-proposals-limit-youth-vaping-labour-do-they-go-far-enough
Journal - Research Other
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Crengle, S., & Edwards, R. (2023). Addressing intergenerational inequity in tobacco-harm: What helps children of smokers to remain non-smokers? Nicotine & Tobacco Research, ntad148. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad148
Journal - Research Article
Hoek, J., Rowse, B., Witt, M., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2023). The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act. The Briefing, (25 July). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/rise-and-rise-specialist-vape-stores-time-government-act
Journal - Research Other
Waa, A., Johnson, E., Stanley, J., Robson, B., Kerehoma Cook, A., Peita, E., … Edwards, R. (2023). Support for and potential impacts of key Smokefree 2025 strategies on Māori who smoke. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1579), 49-61. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Journal - Research Article
Hoek, J., Ball, J., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2023). Do Aotearoa's new vaping regulations go far enough? The Briefing, (7 June). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/do-aotearoas-new-vaping-regulations-go-far-enough?utm_source=mc_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vape_regulations
Journal - Research Other
Waa, A., Ryks, J., Livesey, B., & Kilgour, J. (2017). Responding to challenges: Māori and urban development. In P. Howden-Chapman, L. Early & J. Ombler (Eds.), Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities. (pp. 15-28). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
Chapter in Book - Research
Waa, A. (2015). Health promotion evaluation and intervention design. In L. Signal & M. Ratima (Eds.), Promoting health in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 99-120). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Boden, J., Waa, A., Hammond, D., & Edwards, R. (2023). Early-onset smoking and vaping of cannabis: Prevalence, correlates and trends in New Zealand 14–15-year-olds. Drug & Alcohol Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dar.13597
Journal - Research Article
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Crengle, S., & Edwards, R. (2023). Addressing intergenerational inequity in tobacco-harm: What helps children of smokers to remain non-smokers? Nicotine & Tobacco Research, ntad148. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad148
Journal - Research Article
Ouakrim, D. A., Wilson, T., Waa, A., Maddox, R., Andrabi, H., Mishra, S. R., Summers, J. A., … Edwards, R., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2023). Tobacco endgame intervention impacts on health gains and Māori/non-Māori health inequity: A simulation study of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Tobacco Action Plan. Tobacco Control. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057655
Journal - Research Article
Robertson, L., Sanford, K.-R., Waa, A., & Hoek, J. (2023). A qualitative analysis of the experiences of people who resumed smoking following exclusive electronic nicotine delivery systems use. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 25, 470-477. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac157
Journal - Research Article
Waa, A., Johnson, E., Stanley, J., Robson, B., Kerehoma Cook, A., Peita, E., … Edwards, R. (2023). Support for and potential impacts of key Smokefree 2025 strategies on Māori who smoke. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1579), 49-61. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Journal - Research Article
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Gurram, N., & Edwards, R. (2022). Has increasing internet use due to smartphone uptake contributed to the decline in adolescent smoking? Drug & Alcohol Review, 41, 365-376. doi: 10.1111/dar.13378
Journal - Research Article
Clark, T. C., Ball, J., Fenaughty, J., Drayton, B., Fleming, T., Rivera-Rodriguez, C., … Waa, A., … Crengle, S. (2022). Indigenous adolescent health in Aotearoa New Zealand: Trends, policy and advancing equity for rangatahi Māori, 2001–2019. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 100554. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100554
Journal - Research Article
Maddox, R., Bovill, M., Waa, A., Drummond, A., Hardy, B.-J., Soto, C., … Calma, T. (2022). Clearing the air: Conflicts of interest and the tobacco industry's impact on Indigenous peoples. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24, 933-936. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab267
Journal - Research Article
Darrah, T., Waa, A., Mizdrak, A., & Jones, A. C. (2021). Māori perspectives on alcohol: A narrative review. International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, 14(1), 51-64. doi: 10.5204/ijcis.v14i1.1809
Journal - Research Article
Edwards, R., Johnson, E., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Ouimet, J., & Fong, G. T. (2021). Support for New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal and key measures to achieve it: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45(6), 554-561. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13129
Journal - Research Article
Gifford, H., Waa, A., Cvitanovic, L., Potaka-Osborne, G., & Kerehoma-Cook, A. (2021). Exploring indigenous perspectives on tobacco tax: How some Māori families are responding in Aotearoa New Zealand. Tobacco Control, 30, e144-e149. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056097
Journal - Research Article
Strickett, E., Robertson, L., Waa, A., Blank, M.-L., Erick, S., & Hoek, J. (2021). A qualitative analysis of Māori and Pacific people's experiences of using electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23(3), 550-556. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa087
Journal - Research Article
Coulson, G., Moore, J., Waa, A., Kearns, R., Witten, K., Batstone, C., … Howden-Chapman, P. (2020). Toward a framework for resilience assessments: Working across cultures, disciplines, and scales in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Cities, 2, 11. doi: 10.3389/frsc.2020.00011
Journal - Research Article
Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Waa, A. M., White, M., Kaai, S. C., Ouimet, J., … Fong, G. T. (2020). Patterns of use of vaping products among smokers: Findings from the 2016–2018 International Tobacco Control (ITC) New Zealand Surveys. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 17(18), 1-15. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186629
Journal - Research Article
Randal, E., Shaw, C., Woodward, A., Howden-Chapman, P., Macmillan, A., Hosking, J., … Waa, A. M., & Keall, M. (2020). Fairness in transport policy: A new approach to applying distributive justice theories. Sustainability, 12, 10102. doi: 10.3390/su122310102
Journal - Research Article
McKiernan, A., Stanley, J., Waa, A. M., Kaai, S. C., Quah, A. C. K., Fong, G. T., & Edwards, R. (2019). Beliefs among adult smokers and quitters about nicotine and de-nicotinized cigarettes in the 2016-17 ITC New Zealand Survey. Tobacco Regulatory Science, 5(5), 400-409. doi: 10.18001/TRS.5.5.1
Journal - Research Article
Wilson, N., Petrović-van der Deen, F. S., Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Blakely, T. (2018). Modelling the number of quitters needed to achieve New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal for Māori and non-Māori. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1487), 30-37. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Waa, A. M., Hoek, J., Edwards, R., & Maclaurin, J. (2017). Analysis of the logic and framing of a tobacco industry campaign opposing standardised packaging legislation in New Zealand. Tobacco Control, 26(6), 629-633. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053146
Journal - Research Article
Waa, A. M., Pearson, A. L., & Ryks, J. L. (2017). Premature mortality resilience and wellbeing within urban Māori communities. Health & Place, 43, 49-56. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.11.010
Journal - Research Article
Ryks, J., Pearson, A. L., & Waa, A. (2016). Mapping urban Māori: A population-based study of Māori heterogeneity. New Zealand Geographer, 72(1), 28-40. doi: 10.1111/nzg.12113
Journal - Research Article
Waa, A., Edwards, R., Newcombe, R., Zhang, J., Weerasekera, D., Peace, J., & McDuff, I. (2011). Parental behaviours, but not parental smoking, influence current smoking and smoking susceptibility among 14 and 15 year-old children. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(6), 530-536. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00772.x
Journal - Research Article
Edwards, R., Gifford, H., Waa, A., Glover, M., Thomson, G., & Wilson, N. (2009). Beneficial impacts of a national smokefree environments law on an indigenous population: A multifaceted evaluation. International Journal for Equity in Health, 8. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-12
Journal - Research Article
Edwards, R., Thomson, G., Wilson, N., Waa, A., Bullen, C., O'Dea, D., Gifford, H., … Woodward, A. (2008). After the smoke has cleared: Evaluation of the impact of a new national smoke-free law in New Zealand. Tobacco Control, 17(1), e2. doi: 10.1136/tc.2007.020347
Journal - Research Article