The Health Sponsorship Council (HSC) is a New Zealand government agency that uses health promotion to promote health and encourage healthy lifestyles.

The long-term focus of the HSC is on reducing the social, financial and health sector costs of smoking, skin cancer, problem gambling, and obesity.


VISION: Healthy New Zealanders.

MISSION: We promote health and encourage healthy lifestyles.

 

Health and Lifestyles Survey information

HSC is currently working in the following areas:

	Tobacco control. Visit the tobacco control pages of this site for more information about what the HSC is doing in this area.
	Sun safety. Visit the SunSmart site for a range of information - from skin cancer, being SunSmart and our environment, to what the UV Index forecast is, and more.
	Problem gambling. Visit the Our Problem website for information on the HSC's problem gambling programme.
	Obesity Prevention. Visit the obesity prevention pages of this site for more information about what the HSC is doing in this area.