Senior Research Officer, SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, College of Health, Massey University, Auckland.
Research Officer, SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, College of Health, Massey University, Auckland.
N Z Med J. 2023 Jul 21;136(1579):104-112. doi: 10.26635/6965.6184.
Alcohol legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand has not been sufficient to minimise the harm and inequities caused by alcohol use, and a comprehensive review of alcohol policies has been postponed. Because of the alcohol industry's vested interests, the World Health Organization notes that industry involvement in public health policy has potential risks that should be minimised. Here we illustrate the significant extent of alcohol industry penetration in Aotearoa and how such influence undermines equity by amplifying the harms of colonisation. The government lacks policies that limit interactions with the alcohol industry, such as political donations and lobbying. We recommend what can be done to limit alcohol industry influence in policymaking, including using experiences in tobacco control to manage conflicts of interest, strengthening rules over political donations and lobbying, enhancing transparency of interactions, promoting non-collaboration with the alcohol industry and advocating for alcohol policies that give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
新西兰的酒精立法不足以最大限度地减少酒精使用造成的伤害和不平等，对酒精政策的全面审查已被推迟。由于酒精行业的既得利益，世界卫生组织指出，行业参与公共卫生政策存在潜在风险，应尽量减少。在这里，我们说明了酒精行业在新西兰的渗透程度，以及这种影响如何通过放大殖民化的危害来破坏公平性。政府缺乏限制与酒精行业互动的政策，例如政治捐款和游说。我们建议采取一些措施来限制酒精行业在决策中的影响力，包括借鉴烟草控制的经验来管理利益冲突，加强对政治捐款和游说的监管，提高互动的透明度，抵制与酒精行业的合作，并倡导落实《怀唐伊条约》的酒精政策。
