What does the HSC do?

The HSC promotes health and encourages healthy lifestyles to New Zealanders. Our current focus is on:

• reducing cancers, heart disease, chronic respiratory disease and stroke by reducing the incidence and prevalence of smoking
• reducing skin cancers (including melanoma) and eye disease by increasing sun safe behaviours
• reducing obesity and its associated illnesses (diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure, joint deterioration etc) through better nutrition and increased physical activity
• reducing emotional, social and financial harms by reducing the incidence and impact of problem gambling.