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  • Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality

    … repeal of the previous Government’s smokefree measures, regulation is now disproportionate to risk as, in many important areas, smoked tobacco products have weaker regulation than vaping products. The Government must urgently … address its espoused commitment to risk proportionate regulation by introducing regulations to greatly restrict the …
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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … in May that it will investigate ‘risk-proportionate’ regulation for tobacco and vaping products. This blog … products, we see an overwhelming need for much stronger regulation of smoked tobacco products, as these are vastly … together with Hon Nicky Wagner’s proposed e-cigarette regulation Members’ Bill, increased pressure to clarify the …
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  • Smart party pill law makes tobacco & alcohol regulation look pathetic

    … rules and processes. All but one MP voted for the new law. The irony is that tobacco – and for that matter alcohol … lunch time. Party pills – sales now subject of stringent regulation – in contrast to tobacco and alcohol The Psychoactive Substances Act, which introduces regulation of ‘party pills’, came into force on August 1 st …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … for quarantine costs, and mask use. The implementation of law relating to COVID-19 has meant that public health law has become real in daily life in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). But not all of us are quite sure what the law allows, and what it doesn’t. NZ’s legal framework for …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … blog sets out the background and rationale for the new law, and discusses implementation, evaluation and the next … and organisations have advocated for a smokefree car law, and the landmark Māori Affairs Select Committee report … 28 November 2021. From that date, it will be against the law to smoke or vape in a vehicle that has a child (<18 …
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  • Beyond unhelpful dichotomies: a co-regulatory approach to protecting children from junk food marketing

    … see black or white policy options — mandatory or voluntary regulation. But is it always so black or white? Take the … Of course not (1), but what does a commitment to co-regulation really look like? Yes, co-regulation is between full-on regulation and voluntary codes, …
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  • Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals

    … conflict of interest. In this blog, the case for regulation of alcohol marketing and the need for urgency is … been estimated to be more than 3% of GDP. 4 The case for regulation of alcohol marketing is supported by: 1. Evidence … is high and was a feature of the submissions to the Law Commission review back in 2009. 26 This was echoed by the …
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  • The need for an expanded national smokefree law – just got more critical

    … and why it heightens the need for an expanded national law on smokefree areas. This Judicial Review was in response … that are more consistent with the intent of the current law. However, we argue that this will still be difficult to … terms to just develop an expanded national smokefree law. Such a law could: Require a completely straightforward …
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  • After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?

    … smokefree possibilities in Aotearoa / New Zealand. A law providing smokefree cars for children is a matter for … wider health matters? Why was the policy process for the law so long? It is over 45 years since the first smokefree places law in the world, 1 over 35 years after there was clear …
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  • Lessons from Canada for NZ: Carbon, Cycling, Tobacco, Nutrition and Cannabis

    … children; (v) healthy food guidelines; and (vi) cannabis law reform.   Canada is a high-income country that has some … per week [13]. In contrast, NZ only has weak industry self-regulation around the marketing of junk food to children and … NZ health experts have identified the need for government regulation in this area [14]. 5) Upgraded healthy food …
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