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Young people’s perceived access to tobacco: In Fact

Access to tobacco is recognised as one of the environmental risk factors for young people taking up smoking.  Participants in the Health Promotion Agency’s (HPA’s) Youth Insights…

Attitudes about quitting smoking: In Fact

There are a range of cessation services and products available in New Zealand to provide support to smokers who want to quit. This includes the heavily…

New Zealanders’ Participation in Gambling

HPA's Health and Lifestyles Survey 2012 (HLS) is a nationally representative in-home survey monitoring health behaviours and attitudes of New Zealand residents aged 15 years and…

Uptake of the influenza vaccine in 2012: In Fact

The Ministry of Health recommends the influenza vaccine to protect New Zealanders against the influenza virus. In the Health Promotion Agency’s 2012 Health and Lifestyles Survey,…

Policy position papers

The 2013 review of retirement income policies considered the balance between eight separate objectives which overlap and sometimes even compete with each other. These position papers…

Public opinion on tobacco taxation: In Fact

A comprehensive set of measures is needed to reduce smoking prevalence and meet the Government’s goal of making New Zealand a smokefree nation by 2025. One…