Deepa Weerasekera
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Recent Articles
1.
Edwards R, Wilson N, Peace J, Weerasekera D, Thomson G, Gifford H
Tob Control
. 2012 Apr;
22(e1):e86-93.
PMID: 22535362
Aim: To examine the prevalence of smoker support for a ban on cigarette sales in 10 years time and increased regulation of the tobacco industry and to investigate the independent...
2.
Wilson N, Weerasekera D, Kahler C, Borland R, Edwards R
N Z Med J
. 2012 Jan;
125(1348):34-41.
PMID: 22282275
Aims: To describe patterns of alcohol use in a nationally-representative sample of New Zealand smokers. Methods: The New Zealand (NZ) arm of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Survey (ITC...
3.
Waa A, Edwards R, Newcombe R, Zhang J, Weerasekera D, Peace J, et al.
Aust N Z J Public Health
. 2011 Dec;
35(6):530-6.
PMID: 22151159
Objective: To explore whether parental behaviours related to smoking socialisation and parenting are associated with smoking susceptibility and current smoking in 14-15 year old students. Method: Data were sourced from...
4.
Wilson N, Weerasekera D, Peace J, Edwards R
Aust N Z J Public Health
. 2011 Aug;
35(4):364-7.
PMID: 21806732
Objective: To describe the prevalence of menthol use and perceptions of relative harmfulness among smokers in an ethnically diverse population where tobacco marketing is relatively constrained (New Zealand). Methods: The...
5.
Wilson N, Weerasekera D, Collings S, Edwards R, van der Deen F
N Z Med J
. 2011 Feb;
123(1326):129-32.
PMID: 21326410
No abstract available.
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Thomson G, Wilson N, Weerasekera D, Edwards R
Aust N Z J Public Health
. 2011 Feb;
35(1):81-4.
PMID: 21299706
Objective: To further explore smoker views on reasons to quit. Methods: As part of the multi-country ITC Project, a national sample of 1,376 New Zealand adult (18+ years) smokers was...
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Wilson N, Weerasekera D, Borland R, Edwards R, Bullen C, Li J
Nicotine Tob Res
. 2010 Oct;
12 Suppl:S78-84.
PMID: 20889485
Introduction: We aimed to describe use of a national quitline service and the variation in its use by smoker characteristics (particularly ethnicity and deprivation). The setting was New Zealand (NZ),...
8.
Wilson N, Weerasekera D, Hoek J, Li J, Edwards R
Nicotine Tob Res
. 2010 Oct;
12 Suppl:S72-7.
PMID: 20889484
Introduction: We examined how recognition of a national quitline number changed after new health warnings were required on tobacco packaging in New Zealand (NZ). Methods: The NZ arm of the...
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Wilson N, Peace J, Edwards R, Weerasekera D
Thorax
. 2010 Oct;
66(4):353-4.
PMID: 20880869
No abstract available.
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Young D, Wilson N, Borland R, Edwards R, Weerasekera D
Nicotine Tob Res
. 2010 Sep;
12(11):1089-98.
PMID: 20847147
Aim: To describe the prevalence, correlates of, and reasons for use of roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco in a high RYO use and ethnically diverse country: New Zealand (NZ). Methods: The NZ...