Anaru Waa, Department of Public Health

Publications

Ball, J., Hoek, J., Waa, A., Nip, J., Stanley, J., & Edwards, R. (2023). Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future: New research. The Briefing, (6 December). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/young-new-zealanders-want-tobacco-free-future-new-research Journal - Research Other

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Ball, J., Wilson, N., Kerr, J., Graham-DeMello, A., Ozarka, E., … Baker, M., McCool, J., & Waa, A. (2023). The smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not. The Briefing, (30 November). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/smokefree-legislation-evidence-based-removing-it-not Journal - Research Other

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

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

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

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2023). Smokefree Aotearoa: World-leading developments with profound public health implications. The Briefing, (2 March). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/smokefree-aotearoa-world-leading-developments-profound-public-health-implications Journal - Research Other

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., Waa, A., & Ball, J. (2023). What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa? The Briefing, (17 May). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/what-happening-vaping-among-adolescents-and-young-adults-aotearoa?utm_source=mc_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vaping_stats Journal - Research Other

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

Hoek, J., Ball, J., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2023). What can Aotearoa NZ learn from Australia's new vaping policies? The Briefing, (5 May). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/what-can-aotearoa-nz-learn-australias-new-vaping-policies?utm_source=mc_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=aussie_vaping_rules Journal - Research Other

Maddox, R., Drummond, A., Kennedy, M., Martinez, S. A., Waa, A., Nez Henderson, P., … Whop, L. J. (2023). Ethical publishing in 'Indigenous' contexts. Tobacco Control. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057702 Journal - Research Other

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

Blakely, T., Waa, A., & Ouakrim, D. A. (2022). New Zealand's 'tobacco endgame' law will be a world first for health: Here's what the modelling shows us. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/new-zealands-tobacco-endgame-law-will-be-a-world-first-for-health-heres-what-the-modelling-shows-us-187075 Journal - Research Other

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2022). From social accessory to societal disapproval: Smoking, social norms and tobacco endgames [Special communication]. Tobacco Control, 31, 358-364. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056574 Journal - Research Other

Hoek, J., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2022). Does the smokefree generation proposal go far enough? New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1561), 8-11. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz Journal - Research Other

Maddox, R., Bovill, M., Waa, A., Gifford, H., Tautolo, E.-S., Nez Henderson, P., … Calma, T. (2022). Reflections on Indigenous commercial tobacco control: 'The dolphins will always take us home'. Tobacco Control, 31(2), 348-351. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056571 Journal - Research Other

Maddox, R., Kennedy, M., Drummond, A., Waa, A., Bradbrook, S., Tautolo, E.-S., … Whop, L. J. (2022). ‘Dispelling the smoke to reflect the mirror’: The time is now to eliminate tobacco related harms. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(6), 727-729. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13313 Journal - Research Other

Nez Henderson, P., Lee, J. P., Soto, C., O'Leary, R., Rutan, E., D'Silva, J., Waa, A., … Maddox, R. (2022). Decolonization of tobacco in Indigenous communities of Turtle Island (North America). Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 289-291. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab180 Journal - Research Other

Waa, A. M., & Edwards, R. (2022). From evidence to action: Building the case for commercial tobacco endgames. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24, 1693-1694. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac198 Journal - Research Other

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Johnson, E., Waa, A., Ball, J., Kaai, S., … Fong, G. (2022). The New Zealand Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: Support for and anticipated behavioural responses to key measures among smokers in the ITC New Zealand (EASE) 2018 and 2020 surveys. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 28th Annual Meeting. (pp. 15). Retrieved from https://www.srnt.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Robertson, L., Sanford, K.-R., Waa, A., & Hoek, J. (2022). A qualitative analysis of smoking resumption among former end users. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 28th Annual Meeting. (pp. 65). Retrieved from https://www.srnt.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A. M. (2022). The Smokefree Aotearoa 2021 action plan: A Māori perspective. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 28th Annual Meeting. (pp. 2-3). Retrieved from https://www.srnt.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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

Ball, J., Stanley, J., Zhang, J., Gurram, N., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2021). Time to revisit school decile groupings in health research? New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1531), 120-122. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Other

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2021). New Zealand: Government proposes world-leading action plan to achieve smokefree 2025 goal [News analysis]. Tobacco Control, 30(5), 482-483. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056941 Journal - Research Other

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Thomson, G. W., Waa, A., & Wilson, N. (2021). Tobacco excise taxes: A health and social justice measure? Tobacco Control, 30(3), 258-259. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055735 Journal - Research Other

Pearson, J. L., Waa, A., Siddiqi, K., Edwards, R., Nez Henderson, P., & Hooper, M. W. (2021). Naming racism, not race, as a determinant of tobacco-related health disparities. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23(6), 885-887. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab059 Journal - Research Other

Ball, J., Zhang, J., Boden, J., Waa, A., Stanley, J., Hammond, D., & Edwards, R. (2021). Prevalence and correlates of early-onset cannabis use in Aotearoa New Zealand. Drug & Alcohol Review, 40(Suppl. 1), (pp. S45). doi: 10.1111/dar.13384 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Stanley, J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2021). Effective prospective study sampling from an existing large-scale national survey using propensity score methods. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Suppl. 1), (pp. i224-i225). doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.634 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Webb-Hooper, M., Yerger, V., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Waa, A., Piper, M., & Nez Henderson, P. (2021, February). Celebrating interventions that reduce tobacco-related inequalities: Where do we go from here? [Presidential Symposium]. Panel discussion at the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 27th Annual Meeting, [Online]. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2020). E-cigarettes, vaping and a Smokefree Aotearoa: Where to next? New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1517), 14-17. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Other

Waa, A., Maddox, R., & Nez Henderson, P. (2020). Big tobacco using Trojan horse tactics to exploit Indigenous peoples. Tobacco Control, 29, e132-e133. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055766 Journal - Research Other

White, M., Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Hoek, J., Waa, A. M., Ouimet, J., … Fong, G. T. (2020). Reasons for stopping e-cigarette use among smokers: Findings from the 2018 ITC New Zealand Survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1523), 117-121. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Other

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Hoek, J., Waa, A., White, M., Kaai, S., … Fong, G. (2020). Denormalisation of smokers in the context of an endgame goal: Findings of the ITC New Zealand survey. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 125). [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Haggart, K., Hoek, J., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2020). Smoking denormalisation: A conceptual framework. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 252). [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A. M., Edwards, R., Hoek, J., White, M., Kaai, S., Quimet, J., … Fong, G. (2020). Normative beliefs about the social acceptability of smoking and associations with quitting behaviour findings from 2016-2018 ITC New Zealand Survey. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 278). [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A. M., Stanley, J., Edwards, R., Robson, B., Quah, A., & Fong, G. T. (2020). Perceptions of smoker stigmatization among New Zealand Māori and quitting behaviour findings from the Indigenous ITC NZ study. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 130). [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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

Maddox, R., Waa, A., Lee, K., Nez Henderson, P., Blais, G., Reading, J., & Lovett, R. (2019). Commercial tobacco and Indigenous peoples: A stock take on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control progress. Tobacco Control, 28, 574-581. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054508 Journal - Research Other

Stanley, J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2019). The impact of racism on the future health of adults: Protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 346. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6664-x Journal - Research Other

Waa, A., Robson, B., Gifford, H., Smylie, J., Reading, J., Henderson, J. A., … Hāpai Te Hauora Māori Public Health. (2019). Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and healthy Indigenous futures: An oxymoron? Tobacco Control, 29, 237-240. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054792 Journal - Research Other

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Waa, A., McKiernan, A., Kaai, S., Quah, A., & Fong, G. (2019). Support among smokers and recent quitters for measures included in a plan to achieve Smokefree 2025: Findings from the ICT New Zealand (NZ) Survey. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 155). [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Fong, G., Fagan, P., Hooper, M. W., Waa, A., & Alexander, L. (2019, February). Tobacco control for all: Addressing smoking disparities for priority populations. Panel discussion at the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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

Gartner, C., Waa, A. M., Walker, N., Hao'uli, S., & Bonevski, B. (2018). Introducing the Srnt Oceania Chapter. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 20(11), 1289-1291. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty118 Journal - Research Other

Ball, J., Sim, D., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2018). Exposure to smoking in the home: A key to reducing ethnic disparities in smoking among adolescents? Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 24th Annual Meeting. (pp. 299). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Kaai, S., Quah, A., & Fong, G. (2018). Hardening among indigenous and non-indigenous smokers: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 24th Annual Meeting. (pp. 108). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Kaai, S., Quah, A., & Fong, G. (2018). Smoking and quitting in social networks among indigenous and non-indigenous smokers: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 24th Annual Meeting. (pp. 107). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Edwards, R., Waa, A., Stanley, J., Kaai, S., Quah, A. C. K., & Fong, G. (2018). Achieving the tobacco endgame: The case for removing additives: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16(Suppl. 1), A40. doi: 10.18332/tid/84074 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Edwards, R., Waa, A., Stanley, J., Kaai, S., Quah, A. C. K., & Fong, G. (2018). Use of roll-your-own tobacco among smokers in New Zealand: Results from the ITC New Zealand survey. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16(Suppl. 1), A274. doi: 10.18332/tid/84067 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Edwards, R., Waa, A., Stanley, J., Kaai, S., Quah, A., & Fong, G. (2018). Use of e-cigarettes among smokers and recent quitters: Results from the ITC New Zealand survey. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16(Suppl. 1), A270. doi: 10.18332/tid/84071 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A., Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Kaai, S., Quah, A. C. K., & Fong, G. (2018). Indigenous and non-indigenous experiences and views of tobacco tax increases: Findings from the ITC New Zealand survey. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16(Suppl. 1), A684. doi: 10.18332/tid/84075 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Edwards, R., Waa, A., Stanley, J., O'Shaughnessy, R., Tautolo, E.-S., Hoek, J., Gendall, P., … and other members of Waterloo ITC data management team. (2018, November). ITC project first-wave findings: Support for ASAP action plan recommendations. Verbal presentation at the Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Waa, A. (2018, November). Smoking and drinking patterns among Māori/non-Māori. Verbal presentation at the Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Wilson, N., Petrović-van der Deen, F. S., Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Blakely, T. (2018, November). Modelling of Māori/non-Māori quit rates required for 2025. Verbal presentation at the Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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. 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

Edwards, R., Sim, D., Ball, J., Hoek, J., Beaglehole, R., & Waa, A. (2017). Surveys show exposure to smoking in cars among Year 10 children is not decreasing: Time for the Government to act. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1458), 56-58. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Other

Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Hoek, J. (2017). Nieuw-Zeeland rookvrij in 2025: Eindspel tegen tabak. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 161(12), D1274. [Review]. Journal - Research Other

Thomson, G., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2017). New Zealand: Bold plan for a smoke-free future. Tobacco Control, 26(6), 615. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-054087 Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2017). Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Experience and lessons from the first five years of trying to end the smoking epidemic in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Public Health. Retrieved from https://wcph2017.entegyapp.com/Page/28/781/26/2212 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A., & Maddox, R. (2017). Framework convention on tobacco control commitments to peoples: How are we doing? Proceedings of the 23rd Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 36). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A., Thomas, D., D'Silva, J., & Gifford, H. (2017). The role of research in meeting FCTC commitments to indigenous peoples: What progress have we made. Proceedings of the 23rd Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 36). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A. (2017, September). Effective evaluation of health care, policy and public health programmes. Workshop presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM) Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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

Ball, J., Edwards, R., Waa, A., Bradbrook, S. K., Gifford, H., Cunningham, C., Hoek, J., Blakely, T., Wilson, N., Thomson, G., & Taylor, S. (2016). Is the NZ Government responding adequately to the Māori Affairs Select Committee's 2010 recommendations on tobacco control? A brief review. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1428), 93-97. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Other

Ball, J., Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Tautolo, E.-S. (2016). Appraisal of radical options for achieving New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal: Maori, Pacific, and policy experts perspectives. Proceedings of the 22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 165). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/?page=AnnualMtg Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A. (2016, October). Endgame priorities for Māori. Verbal presentation at the Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Waa, A. (2016, October). Introducing TaKE. Verbal presentation at the ASPIRE Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., & Rameka, R. (2014). Māori health profiles. Australasian Epidemiologist, 21(3), (pp. 85). [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A., & Ryks, J. (2014). A framework for understanding how cities can promote wellness among Maori. Proceedings of the New Zealand Population Health Congress: Connecting Communities, Policy and Science. (pp. 120). Retrieved from http://www.pophealthcongress.org.nz/nzphc14/programme/programme Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A., Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Healey, B., & Peace, J. (2014). Plain packs and slippery slopes: An analysis of tobacco industry media tactics in New Zealand. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 20th Annual Meeting. (pp. 35). SRNT. Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/conferences/past/index.cfm Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., Waa, A., van der Deen, F., & Wilson, N. (2013). An evaluation of New Zealand's smokefree media strategy and the 2025 goal. Proceedings of the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference: A Smokefree Oceania: Getting There Together. Retrieved from http://www.smokefreeoceania.org.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A., Hoek, J., Edwards, R., & Healey, B. (2013). Why can't I agree to disagree? Tobacco industry efforts to manipulate public opinion about plain packaging. Proceedings of the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference: A Smokefree Oceania: Getting There Together. Retrieved from http://www.smokefreeoceania.org.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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

Waa, A. (2010, July). Why are Māori youth more likely to start smoking than non-Māori? Verbal presentation at the Hui Whakapiripiri: Hangaia To Whare Kōrero Ma Ngā Pou Rangahau E Tu, Rotorua, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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., Waa, A., & Weerasekera, D. (2009). The association between parental and household factors and smoking and non-susceptibility to smoking among New Zealand Year 10 students. Proceedings of the Oceania Tobacco Control: Reducing Inequality through Tobacco Control Conference. Retrieved from http://www.oceaniatc2009.org/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A. (2009, October). Determinants of susceptibility to smoking within the family settling among Year 6 students: New Zealand Māori compared with non-Māori. Poster session presented at the Oceania Tobacco Control: Reducing Inequality through Tobacco Control Conference, Darwin, Australia. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Waa, A. (2009, October). Understanding Māori parent perspectives on smoking uptake. Poster session presented at the Oceania Tobacco Control: Reducing Inequality through Tobacco Control Conference, Darwin, Australia. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Waa, A., Edwards, R., Newcombe, R., & Team, W. (2009, October). Pathways between parental behaviours and smoking uptake among Māori and non-Māori children. Verbal presentation at the Oceania Tobacco Control: Reducing Inequality through Tobacco Control Conference, Darwin, Australia. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Waa, A., Edwards, R., Weerasekera, D., & McDuff, I. (2009, October). Determinants of smoking susceptibility among Year 6 and Year 10 Māori and non-Māori students. Verbal presentation at the Oceania Tobacco Control: Reducing Inequality through Tobacco Control Conference, Darwin, Australia. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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

Edwards, R., Gifford, H., Wilson, N., Thomson, G. W., Waa, A., & Glover, M. (2007). Impact of a new national smokefree law on Māori and low-income New Zealanders. Proceedings of the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference. Retrieved from http://otcc.confex.com/otcc/otcc07/techprogram/MEETING.HTM Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2007). Reduced socially cued smoking in bars following workplace smoking bans in New Zealand. Proceedings of the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference. Retrieved from http://otcc.confex.com/otcc/otcc07/techprogram/MEETING.HTM Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Darling, H., Reeder, A. I., & Waa, A. (2006). Implementation of the Smoke-free Environments Act (2003 amendments) in New Zealand primary schools [Letter]. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 30(1), 87. Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Waa, A., & Darling, H. (2003). Risk factors associated with smoking among indigenous youth: Findings from a survey of New Zealand Maori youth. Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health: Global action for a tobacco free future. (pp. 662). Helsinki, Finland: WCTOH. [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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