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New Zealand ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on January 27, 2004. In 2007, the ITC Project partnered with researchers at the University of Otago launched first cohort of adult smokers of the ITC New Zealand (NZ) Survey. In 2015, a second cohort of adult smokers and former smokers aged 18 and older of the ITC New Zealand (NZL) Survey was established also with researchers at the University of Otago.

Survey Overview

Survey Mode: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) 1
Wave	Survey Dates	Survey Sample Size
NZ1-Cohort1	March 19, 2007 to February 8, 2008	1,376 Smokers
NZ2-Cohort1	April 1, 2008 to January 1, 2009	923 (761 Smokers and 162 Quitters) (recontact only)
Survey Mode: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) 2
Wave	Survey Dates	Survey Sample Size
NZL1-Cohort2	August 30, 2016 to April 22, 2017	1,155 (910 Smokers and 245 Quitters)
NZL2-Cohort2	June 26 to December 11, 2018	1,020 (726 Smokers and 294 Quitters)
Survey Mode: Web Interview
Wave	Survey Dates	Survey Sample Size
NZL3-Cohort2	November 8, 2020 to February 27, 2021	1,230 (992 Smokers and 238 Quitters)
NZL3.5-Cohort2	June 8 to July 26, 2021	615 (394 Smokers and 221 Quitters) (recontact only)
NZL4-Cohort2	October 7 to December 16, 2022	1,478 (1,040 Smokers and 438 Quitters)
NZL5-Cohort2	June 10 to September 16, 2024	1452 (982 Smokers and 470 Quitters)

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Thomas Agar, Project Manager-Research Associate
Email: tkagar@uwaterloo.ca

Anne C.K. Quah, Managing Director and Senior Research Scientist
Email: ackquah@uwaterloo.ca

Richard Edwards, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator ITC New Zealand (NZL) Waves 1-2 Survey)
Email: richard.edwards@flinders.edu.au

Andrew Waa, Co-Principal Investigator (ITC New Zealand (NZL) Waves 3-5 Survey)
Email: andrew.waa@otago.ac.nz

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International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation Project
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