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It will take radical, fresh ideas and new technology to break some New Zealanders of their smoking habit and for smoking prevalence to be less than the Government’s goal of five per cent in New Zealand by 2025.

The Precision Driven Health Research Partnership is creating the capability to optimise the health of each individual and their whānau by combining and learning from all available data.

A world-first therapy for helping smokers quit that uses a nicotine-filled inhaler in combination with a nicotine patch has doubled quit rates compared to smokers using a nicotine patch only.

The government is seeking public input on the development of what will be New Zealand’s first health research strategy.

The government has today announced that the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) will receive a significant new investment of $97 million over the next four years.

A new HRC emerging researcher study, one of 11 announced today, aims to manufacture human corneal replacements from proteins found in fish eye lenses.

A new trial funded by a HRC feasibility study grant will collect real-time data from e-cigarette users using a novel ‘smart’ e-cigarette.

A Christchurch researcher is doing New Zealand's first study of vitamin C's potential as a treatment for intensive care patients with sepsis.