With RNZ revelations today of harmful industries lobbying policymakers and Ministers via commercial firms, health groups are launching a series of urgent recommendations to regulate lobbying in Aotearoa. Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) Board Co-Chair Professor Boyd...
Health experts call for law changes to put in place no vape shop zones in children's areas A vape store has recently opened in Kopeopeo in Whakatāne, 350m from Whakatāne High School and just under 300m from primary school, St Joseph’s Catholic School. Māori Women’s...
The next generation won’t suffer the harms of tobacco-use, health experts say following the passing of a new smokefree law. Decades of hard-fought advocacy from health and community organisations has led to today’s milestone – the Smokefree Environments and...
Removing addictive nicotine from cigarettes will be one step closer with the crucial health measure receiving cross-party support ahead of the Government’s new smokefree bill set to pass its second reading tonight. The Coalition supports all the Bill’s...
Smokefree Expert Advisory Group is releasing their full submission to the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill. This Bill is the important legislative component needed to implement the Smokefree 2025 Action Plan, which the...
Our Smokefree Expert Advisory Group’s response to the Ministry of Health consultation document Proposals for the Smoked Tobacco Regulatory Regime, 2023 can be viewed here. The proposals outline how legislation passed in November will be put in place. Health Coalition...
Public health experts and providers are putting their collective weight behind the recommendations of the Cancer Prevention Report released by Te Aho o Te Kahu, the Cancer Control Agency. Health Coalition Aotearoa Chair (HCA), Professor Boyd Swinburn, who was...
Smokefree experts from Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) are heartened the Government has listened to the evidence and the calls of hundreds of health, academic and community organisations and individuals, to roll out the Smokefree Action Plan at parliament today. The...
Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall received a giant open letter of support from more than 110 health and community organisations and 650 individuals at parliament today in support for her Smokefree 2025 Action Plan. Health Coalition Aotearoa created the 1.2...
The health sector has rallied behind the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan with 100 academic, health sector and community organisations signing an open letter urging the Government to implement the plan in full. Every DHB in the country has now signed the Health...