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# New poll suggests strong public support for alcohol law reform
- URL: https://goodoil.news/new-poll-suggests-strong-public-support-for-alcohol-law-reform/
- Published: 2025-05-13T09:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-13T22:15:23.000Z
- Description: 71% believe the alcohol industry should not be involved in shaping national or local policy.
- Author: Centrist
- Tags: News

Summarised by [Centrist](https://centrist.nz/?ref=goodoil.news)

**A March 2025 Talbot Mills survey commissioned by Health Coalition Aotearoa and the Cancer Society suggests widespread public backing for stronger alcohol regulation across New Zealand.** 

**The nationally representative poll of 1,161 adults shows increasing support for measures addressing alcohol affordability, availability, advertising, and policymaking, with many results up sharply from a similar 2023 survey.**

Eighty-one percent of respondents supported applying standard age and intoxication checks to online alcohol deliveries, while 76% favoured limiting how many places can sell alcohol in a neighbourhood.

More than half (58%) supported raising the legal purchase age back to 20\. On advertising, 80% said alcohol ads should be kept away from children, 68% supported phasing out sports sponsorship, and 62% backed a total advertising and sponsorship ban, up from 34% in 2023.

Fifty-eight percent supported minimum unit pricing for cheap alcohol, up from 42% in 2023\. A smaller share – 47% – agreed with a 10% price increase to fund harm prevention and treatment services. 

Two-thirds of respondents (66%) supported mandatory cancer warning labels on alcohol products, a question asked for the first time.

The survey also found that 71% believe the alcohol industry should not be involved in shaping national or local policy, compared to 51% in 2023\. 

The researchers conclude The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 – which currently governs alcohol availability – faces criticism from health experts who say it is no longer fit for purpose and fails to reflect current public attitudes.

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