Smokers’ Perceptions of the Relative Effectiveness of Five Tobacco Retail Reduction Policies
Reducing the widespread retail availability of tobacco could help realize tobacco endgame strategies
Future Directions Aotearoa
Supply Reduction
Regulating the Tobacco Retail Environment in New Zealand
Tobacco use is a leading risk factor for preventable mortality and causes around 5,000 deaths in New Zealand (NZ) each year. In 2011, the Government committed to making NZ smokefree by 2025, through reducing smoking prevalence and tobacco availability to minimal levels. However, the retail environment for tobacco remains relatively unregulated, with no restrictions on where tobacco can be sold, or requirements for tobacco retailers to be licensed.
Future Directions Aotearoa
Supply Reduction
Stakeholder Appraisal of Selected Tobacco Endgame Policy Options in New Zealand
We explored the perceived strengths and weaknesses of selected endgame policy options in the context of New Zealand, a country with a smoke-free goal, and identified generalizable insights about progressing the next generation of tobacco control measures.
Future Directions Aotearoa
Tobacco Control
Issues and options for progress towards a smokefree city: A case study for smokefree outdoor policies
Effective smokefree outdoor policies can reduce the normalisation of smoking, and aid quitting. In New Zealand, over 90% of local government authorities have some ‘educational’ outdoor smokefree policies, but these are not enforceable by law
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Tobacco Control
Potential advantages and disadvantages of an endgame strategy: a ‘sinking lid’ on tobacco supply
One possible supply-side strategy for the tobacco endgame is a government-mandated ‘sinking lid’ on tobacco supply (tradeable but decreasing quotas on sales or imports).
Future Directions Aotearoa
Supply Reduction
Annual Update of Key Results 2015/16: New Zealand Health Survey
MINISTRY OF HEALTH - Annual Update of Key Results 2015/16: New Zealand Health Survey
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