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Stronger youth vaping measures welcomed

Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) welcomes Labour’s stronger proposed measures to address the serious problem of vaping among our tamariki and rangatahi. Labour’s policy announced today included capping all vape stores to 600 nation-wide, a requirement for all retailers...

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‘We have failed our mokopuna’

Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) stands in solidarity with the parents’ movement Vape-Free Kids and their petitions calling on the Government to protect children from vaping addiction. Vape-Free Kids NZ are handing over their petitions to Dr Tracey McLellan, Chair of...

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Voices for health: going, going, going…

DownloadVoices for health: going, going, going… Boyd A Swinburn In the latest New Zealand Medical Journal, Health Coalition Aotearoa co-chair Professor Boyd Swinburn laments the erosion of public health advocacy within the reformed health system. He calls on the...

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Wero laid down on alcohol, tobacco and junk food

Public health experts have laid down a wero to politicians ahead of the upcoming general election – to reduce the devastating harms from tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food. These three products cause nearly one-third of all preventable loss in healthy life-years in...

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