Sydney Health Law

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  • Innovation down under 2: tobacco endgame strategies in New Zealand (the UK & USA)

    Innovation down under 2: tobacco endgame strategies in New Zealand (the UK & USA)

    A recent post reviewed the tobacco control innovations introduced into Australia through the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023 (Cth). New Zealand was legislating world-leading innovations of its own around the same time, although their purpose and design contrast sharply with tobacco control measures in Australia. If Australia’s legislation is best seen as…

  • Vaping: the madness of the British?

    Vaping: the madness of the British?

    My google search engine thinks Public Health England (PHE) is a vaping organisation. “Vaping organisation UK”.  You can try it yourself. E-cigarettes lie at the centre of PHE’s tobacco control strategy, probably drawing attention and commitment away from alternative strategies for reducing smoking rates. In September 2017, PHE encouraged smokers to “stop smoking with an…