NZ government failing to implement tobacco industry interference safeguards, researcher says
New Zealand has not properly enacted a treaty clause designed to protect health policies from tobacco industry interference, according to research.
A researcher has found that the New Zealand government has never properly implemented a treaty clause requiring the protection of health policies against tobacco industry interference. The research suggests that tobacco policymaking has been based on media optics rather than adherence to international law obligations.
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NZ tobacco policymaking on based media optics, rather than international law – research
The NZ government has never properly implemented a treaty clause which requires the protection of health policies against tobacco industry interference, says a researcher.
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NZ tobacco policymaking based on media optics, rather than international law – research
The NZ government has never properly implemented a treaty clause which requires the protection of health policies against tobacco industry interference, says a researcher.