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  • Optimising the effects of plain packaging for tobacco – making Quitline information more salient

    … study  on this topic. It also suggests that New Zealand policy makers should ensure plain packaging regulations … plain, or standardised, tobacco packaging into effect, policy makers will need to draft regulations that determine … the rapid introduction of this proportionate and effective policy. However, as well as moving rapidly to follow …
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  • Progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Congratulations to the Government

    … constituents and design of smoked tobacco products. This policy lacuna has enabled tobacco companies to maximise the … using very low nicotine cigarettes cease trying. This policy, like other measures, should be accompanied by an information campaign explaining the policy rationale, including outlining that removing nicotine …
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  • Strengthening tobacco policy: The case for best practice packaging and regulation

    … and recent international research that could help fill the policy vacuum created by the SERPA repeal. Refresh and … and equitably. Nonetheless, they would fill the existing policy void and enable the Government to demonstrate its … actions. Countries at the vanguard of tobacco control policy are refreshing on-pack warnings, introducing efficacy …
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  • Public Health Communication Centre strategic outline

    … policymakers on public health issues and research. Produce policy submissions and briefs. Network with policy professionals. Support researchers to effectively communicate their work to the public and policy makers. Provide a central hub for public health …
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  • A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’

    … compared to say, the UK? The INFORMAS group is monitoring policy-responsive indicators of the healthiness of food … these goals is the “government healthy food environment policy index” (Food-EPI) 3 . The Food-EPI includes a ‘policy’ component with seven domains to address the key …
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  • Ethnic inequalities in mortality in NZ and how to reduce them further

    … relative scale. To further address these inequalities, NZ policy-makers have many options, ranging from equalising … (see below), but note that interventions in the social policy domain that might help include: raising educational … address both absolute and relative inequalities, NZ policy-makers have many options. These will tend to benefit …
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  • Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next

    … be needed for the next phase of tobacco taxation related policy and research. Recent trends The recent pattern of … more interest in quitting. Putting more pressure on policy-makers to do more to help smokers quit (e.g, via … cessation services). Recommendations for tobacco tax policy to achieve Smokefree 2025 Tobacco tax increases will …
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  • Communicating public health evidence – a successful first year for the PHCC

    … has used a range of approaches to actively engage in the policy discussion process. For example, our pre- election … series canvassed all the major political parties on policy issues and summarised their responses alongside expert … raising awareness and ensuring public health stays on the policy agenda, we are mindful that it typically takes …
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  • Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research

    … low and non-addictive levels, and a smokefree generation policy making it illegal to sell smoked tobacco products to … smoked tobacco products (Fig 1b). The smokefree generation policy had the strongest support of the three measures, with … support the Smokefree 2025 goal and the three key policy measures the government intends to repeal. These …
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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … types of products remains uncertain. The health-based policy experience is also minimal. In this blog post we … regulation may give the tobacco industry a seat at the policy table where they could undermine tobacco control … necessary to piggy-back on European Union or US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards or similar (which will …
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