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  • Parliamentary voting for smokefree over two decades: Implications for future progress

    … Summary  The recent repeal of a key law to reduce the enormous health and economic burden from … of the 2022 legislation. All of the legislation tightened regulation except for the 2024 repeal.  Key groupings of … also supported the Labour-led Government’s 2020 vaping regulation and smokefree cars bills. However, most of its MPs …
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  • Smokefree outdoor areas: A missing part of Government’s new Smokefree 2025 proposals

    … Current efforts for such areas are rarely backed by law. Smokers trying to quit need places where being smokefree … Zealanders suffer. But a major missing part is national law-based smokefree outdoor areas. The Government’s plan … only type of outdoor area covered by national NZ smokefree law. We are now far behind many jurisdictions in providing …
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  • Covid-19: A planetary disease

    … causes of Covid-19 (Covid) and the role of international law in tackling both Covid and other planetary crises. I … and these changes must be supported by new international law. What caused Covid? Covid-19 is a planetary disease and … both large and small. What about international health law? The International Health Regulations 2005 (IHRs) set out …
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  • Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey

    … and e-cigarette use by age and gender Daily (9.5% men vs 9.2% women) and current (11.6% men vs 10.2% women) smoking prevalence in 2020/21 were similar … in May 2020, and a social marketing campaign about the law change (‘Drive smokefree for Tamariki’) began in April …
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  • New study on going smokefree – major economic gains for NZ society with manageable costs for government

    … NZ’s smokefree endgame policy package (ie, the smokefree law that the new coalition government plans to repeal). In … and economic gains to NZ citizens from this smokefree law – it should be favoured by an evidence-informed … government is planning to repeal the 2022 smokefree law that covers tobacco retail reduction, denicotinisation of …
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  • Backing off international infant formula standards: A retrograde step

    … The NZ Government needs to recognise that industry self-regulation is not working, and that regulations and laws … of the commercial milk formula industry, continued under-regulation of industry marketing, and chronic … their obligations under international human rights law and international agreements to enact binding legal …
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  • Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies

    … these findings to conclude that vaping needs much tighter regulation to maximise benefits and minimise harms. … biomarker levels in people who were exclusively vaping vs exclusively smoking were 28% for respiratory disease … with rigorous penalties applied to those breaching the law, including potential bans imposed on recidivist …
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  • Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?

    … the case for the prioritisation by the new Government of a law for smokefree cars carrying children. This would … exposure (over 3 times in last week).[6] A smokefree cars law would help protect these children. Surveys have … – in 2016, 89% of adult smokers surveyed supported such a law.[7] The recent Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action …
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  • How taking an evidence-informed approach can be used to prioritise interventions: The example of cardiovascular disease

    … ). Also shown are the relevant health impacts for Māori vs non-Māori for each intervention. More detail can be … the above table gave the highest relative gain for Māori vs non-Māori (of 3.23 times that of non-Māori: actually 155 … the use of evidence 10 11 to inform the progressive 2022 law to bring in tobacco retail reductions, the …
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  • Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal

    … disparities in smoking. We have not included policy and regulation measures for electronic nicotine delivery systems … the availability of smoked tobacco products through a new law to restrict tobacco sales to a very limited number of … tobacco to a negligible level. There is currently no regulation of the design or constituents of smoked tobacco …
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