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  • Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research

    … plan to repeal Aotearoa’s world-leading smokefree law flies in the face of public opinion, with new research … tobacco retail outlet numbers (Fig 1a), and 68% support a law requiring manufacturers to take the nicotine out of …
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  • Perspective: The NZ Health Research Strategy Discussion Document – much scope for improvement

    … (including racism), economic systems (banking, financial regulation, taxation, etc) and globalisation. As such when … and how to improve their public acceptability (eg, regulation, health-promoting taxes and mass media campaigns). … compared to Australia and the UK. In the tobacco area the law banning smoking in bars and restaurants in NZ was …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: Perspectives from young people

    … set of facts” that could be used to show Brookline’s by-law “was not rationally related to the furtherance of a … 18-20 More fundamentally, these arguments suggest regulation reducing smoking initiation removes rather than … have advocated an alternative perspective where regulation promotes freedom by preventing addiction that …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Protecting water sources and drinking water quality

    … (See links to previous work here .) Without well-designed regulation, and clear roles and accountability for … be led by tangata whenua. Green Need to strengthen the regulation of nitrogen in waterways and work to restore … must be treated as such. The Green Party will strengthen regulation of nitrogen in waterways, including by phasing out …
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  • Expanding the Definition of Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Mindset Change to Help Achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa

    … programmes to people using opioids (both used in NZ). Regulation around alcohol use such as: drink drive laws … 1a and 1b effectively describe risk proportionate regulation and acknowledge the potential synergies between … 25-27 On the basis of our broader conceptualisation, past regulation for smokefree environments and Aotearoa NZ’s …
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  • Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

    … government to some extent (though not for a smokefree car law). Various other enhancements were proposed by the Māori … smokefree outdoor area laws [13], and a smokefree car law (eg, US jurisdictions) (ii) Plain packaging law (as per Australia) (iii) Additives ban (as per Brazil …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … pay later” options, these are common overseas and without regulation, Aotearoa may follow this trend. 11 These schemes … vendor, it may also mean they are not subject to the same regulation as an online supplier of alcohol  2 . Additionally, monitoring compliance with the law (controlled purchase operations) is not carried out for …
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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … The Bill aligns with the recommendations from the 2010 Law Commission review of New Zealand’s alcohol laws, 1 the … protection by abdicating its responsibilities for the regulation of advertising standards to the Advertising …
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  • “100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting

    … The country also has a world leading nuclear-free law that prohibits nuclear weapons in NZ territory. We have … on detail, and so a nice “100%” touch would be to have a law that actually prohibited all commercial tobacco sales in …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques

    … on e-cigarettes (eg, relative harms of e-cigarettes vs smoked tobacco products) and improving smoking cessation … for regulating e-cigarettes The debate about policy and regulation of alternative nicotine-delivery products centres … products other than tobacco, would you support or oppose a law that reduces the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and …
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