Seeking tight rein on well-resourced alcohol marketing

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Seeking tight rein on well-resourced alcohol marketing

Vanessa Weenink

Friday 8 November 2019, 10:19 AM

One of New Zealand's weakest policy areas is a lack of restriction on alcohol marketing

Sally Casswell, one of New Zealand’s leading alcohol-policy researchers, had an editorial published in The Lancet recently, arguing the case for a Framework Convention for Alcohol Control. Here, she elaborates on why such a convention is important

Control of alcohol marketing in social media needs a global response Compared with many low and middle-income countries, New Zealand, as a high-i

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