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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Improving the cost, composition and availability of foods can save lives

    … system in the medium term. The majority of nutrition policy implemented in high income countries focus on … could mean removing GST from core foods (an Australian policy ), which has been estimated to reduce dietary cost by … is behind the rest of the world in considering this policy. Perhaps decreasing the cost of healthy food will be …
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  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    … they experienced; this reframing may increase support for policy measures. Third, in line with the Ottawa Charter on … marketing campaigns aim to encourage compliance with policy changes by fostering understanding of the changes; for … social norms to reinforce the new smokefree cars policy. Social norms evolve over time and can reframe an …
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  • Transport, carbon emission reduction and health- the possibility of a virtuous circle?

    … pollution and social capital . Decisions made by transport policy makers and engineers, past and present, shape our … or implicit; however the systematic favouring of cars in policy and planning in the last 50 or so years has created … The benefit to cost ratio is 25 in the best practice policy scenario. However it’s not all intersectoral policy …
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  • Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations?

    … on Tobacco Control (FCTC) includes clauses to protect policy making from tobacco industry interference. The FCTC … The FCTC explicitly calls on signatories to protect policy making from tobacco industry influences; Article 5.3 … to those made in submissions on the retail reduction policy by tobacco companies and groups that receive tobacco …
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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … in schools, with 73% of Kiwis expressing support for this policy. Just over half (52%) supported a tax on sugary … and affordable. Notably, only 17% were opposed to this policy if the revenue was used to improve the availability … it is not the only factor, clear communication of food policy evidence, effectiveness and impact is a crucial step …
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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … to $29,000 for Māori. 7 Ideas on the future of tax policy that seek to honour Te Tiriti need to advance … respectively. Our present tax system The design of tax policy is about: How revenue is gathered How much revenue is … in the early-to-mid 1990s, and have remained high. 16 Tax policy affects poverty, and poverty affects health. Because …
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  • “Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?

    … Smokefree 2025 goal, plain packaging or some other policy measure, the question will come up – ‘well why don’t … merits. To assess the feasibility of the introduction of a policy of this nature, the broader context need to be … interventions as manifestations of a ‘nanny state’. If a policy to end tobacco sales became viewed in this way then it …
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  • The Government’s transport plans work against our health

    … Summary The draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport 2024-34 neither … and environmental costs to society. The lack of plausible policy to reduce transport greenhouse gas emissions will … system are not inevitable; they are the result of specific policy choices. We would argue that almost all the health …
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  • Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?

    … likelihood of binge drinking. 12   The Local Alcohol Policy experiment: a difficult beginning Rather than address … resulted in weaker limits on availability, delays and policy abandonment. 13  Infamously, the alcohol industry took … was also concerning. Public involvement in alcohol policy processes did not increase between 2014 and 2017, 15 …
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  • Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table

    … A league table is a useful tool for researchers and policy-makers to get an informed ‘first impression’ of what … to investing in, or disinvesting in. If life and policy was more rational, New Zealand society would do things … League tables allow researchers, health professionals, policy-makers, politicians and the public to ‘see at a …
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