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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … of manufacturers. One of the concerns expressed about regulation (e.g., making ANDS regulated as medicinal … products to less hazardous ANDS as a long term substitute vs the potential harms. The latter include: (i) being … use of child-proof containers (as per New York State law (2)); prohibition of combustion in the ANDS; no or …
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  • Why don’t we make rental housing safer?

    … While this creates an undue burden on a tenant to know the law in a tribunal with no lawyers, it also illustrates the … of an issue associated with conditions more favourable to regulation 11 , is removed from injury in rental housing … a pri­oritisation of education and awareness-raising over-regulation. This focus on individual responsibility for …
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  • ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed

    … Corporation (ACC) opened for business in 1974. Common law actions were then barred, and in return, New Zealanders … and smoke alarms with short battery life . 5 Government regulation preventing the sale of these products would … housing and have little say on how safe their homes are. Regulation of minimal standards of rental housing has already …
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  • In the news: Experts pitch 'Swiss cheese model' for gun laws

    … the necessity for a multilayered approach to firearms law to reduce gun-related harms on 13 February 2025. The … interview was in response to our Briefing - Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers: The Swiss cheese model , …
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  • Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying

    … the Ministry's advice with the Minister’s approach.  Regulation of oral nicotine products The MOH also offered … agreement , including the commitment to “Reform the regulation of vaping, smokeless tobacco and oral nicotine … Ministry staff differed not only in how they viewed the regulation of oral nicotine and tobacco products, but also in …
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  • Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations?

    … of the tobacco industry in accordance with national law’’. 9 Further, Article 5.3 requires governments to … the black market would be impacted by the legislation.   Regulation Minister David Seymour Regulation Minister David Seymour said he believed the …
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  • NZ compares well with other OECD countries in health & other areas: But scope for improvements

    … gender gap (2/36): In NZ this gap is four years (83 vs 79 years for women and men respectively), while the OECD … among adults: In NZ the adult smoking prevalence is 18% vs 21% for the OECD average. Lower violent assault (8/36) and … of 4.0%. Similarly, the homicide rate is lower (at 0.9 vs 2.2 per 100,000 people for NZ and the OECD average …
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  • Long COVID: Century-old Lessons We Still Have Not Learned

    … first and follow-up evaluations, including “brain fog” (81 vs 71%); numbness/tingling (69 vs 65%); headache (67 vs 54%); dizziness (50 vs 54%); blurred vision (34 vs 44%); …
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  • Optimising the effects of plain packaging for tobacco – making Quitline information more salient

    … draft regulations that determine implementation of the new law. The Health Select Committee has proposed four objectives … The proportions clicking the Quitline number (28% vs 70%) or the affirming message panel (46% vs 91%) when shown in the test format were more than twice …
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  • International index ranks Aotearoa New Zealand last for effective alcohol policy

    … eleven jurisdictions analysed. This reflected our lack of regulation of alcohol marketing and longer than average hours … adjusts alcohol excise tax in line with inflation, a law that has been maintained despite lobbying by the … of cheap alcohol, supporting a strengthening of tax law and high levels of support for stronger policy in the …
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