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After the Smoke has Cleared: Evaluation of the Impact of a New Smokefree Law - Outstanding issues and recommendations for policy and research

Date of publication: January 2007

Summary

These recommendations are made by the authors of ‘After the Smoke has Cleared: Evaluation of the Impact of a New Smokefree Law ’ which was commissioned by the Ministry of Health and evaluated the impact of the Smokefree Environments Amendment Act 2003.

The outstanding issues and recommendations are provided under the following headings:
  1. The extent of non-compliance with the SEAA (2003)
  2. Smoking in outdoor areas in the hospitality sector
  3. Second hand smoke exposure in exempted workplaces (prisons, residential homes, and residential care institutions)
  4. Second hand smoke exposure in other settings
  5. Impact of the Smoke-free Environment Act Amendment on schools and early learning establishments
  6. Investigation of health impacts
  7. Additional tobacco control efforts
The Ministry of Health’s response to these recommendations is also available as a separate document - 'Ministry of Health response to After the Smoke has Cleared: Evaluation of the Impact of a New Smokefree Law Outstanding issues and recommendations for policy and research’.

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Date of publication: January 2007

ISBN number: 978-0-478-30757-3

Citation: Ministry of Health. 2007. After the Smoke has Cleared: Evaluation of the Impact of a New Smokefree Law - Outstanding issues and recommendations for policy and research. Wellington: Ministry of Health.

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Tobacco
Smokefree Law

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