172 Results

  • Calculating cardiovascular risk with online calculators – scope for improvement?

    … include such strategies as enhanced tobacco control (e.g., higher tobacco taxes (1)) and regulations to improve the quality of the food supply (e.g., to limit salt (2)). But individual measures are also … levels (via statins), and to prevent clotting (e.g., via low-dose aspirin). A large number of online CVD risk …
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  • Dementia: Update on causes and prevention, including the role of COVID-19

    … for: preventing cardiovascular disease and diabetes (e.g., diet, physical activity, control of obesity); preventing head injuries (e.g., from falls and traffic injuries); advancing alcohol … increasingly clear, preventing respiratory infections (e.g., vaccination against influenza and COVID-19).   …
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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … One of the concerns expressed about regulation (e.g., making ANDS regulated as medicinal products) is that it … there are advertisements for ANDS in this country (e.g., a radio campaign by “NZ Vapor” in May 2015), some of … cigarette’); and multiple systematic reviews exist e.g., since 2014: (6-11). Most recently the US Preventive …
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  • The case for a NZ-Australia Pandemic Cooperation Agreement

    … integrated manufacturing of critical supplies (e.g., masks, tests, and vaccines), common protocols for … threats, international cooperation and treaties (e.g., the International Health Regulations [IHR]), are vital … safe cargo trade (both shipping and cargo flights), e.g., when these countries are using “keep it out” exclusion …
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  • Tax reform pros & cons: A brief look from a Public Health perspective

    … and have been used to help justify some tax policy in NZ e.g., for excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and gambling. … in the same level of government tax revenue overall e.g., with reductions in income tax and/or GST being offset by … increases in taxes on pollutants and hazardous products e.g., carbon emissions, tobacco and alcohol. This …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … approved in principle the sale of oral tobacco products (e.g. snus) and oral nicotine products (e.g. pouches) in Aotearoa New Zealand. These products could … in principle approved introducing oral tobacco products (e.g. snus) and oral nicotine products (e.g. nicotine pouches) , …
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  • Health-related food taxes and subsidies: A critique of opposition arguments

    … – it is still suggestive of favourable impacts on health e.g., given the results of a recent systematic review of 38 … products that contribute more of other adverse nutrients e.g., more salt? Also industry might reformulate products to … simultaneously increase levels of non-taxed nutrients (e.g., reducing sugar levels but increasing salt levels to boost …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Why this could eliminate smoking disparities for Māori

    … had a strong emphasis on changing individual behaviours (e.g. encouraging youth to resist influences for taking up … to target more superficial aspects of tobacco control (e.g. motivations to smoke) or address the symptoms (e.g. helping people to quit smoking) but not the fundamental …
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  • Daily aspirin for preventing cancer and heart disease – where to from here in NZ?

    … is still somewhat suggestive of a benefit from aspirin (e.g., for cancer of the lung, prostate and breast). There is … one is needed that would consider many other issues (e.g., lower healthcare costs from disease prevention). A more … the benefit in terms of all non-fatal events prevented (e.g., preventing hospitalisations for non-fatal cancers and for …
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  • Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ

    … 2004) Banned imports of certain dangerous dog breeds (e.g., American Pit Bull Terrier) Banned certain asbestos … and deer). Some of these species are disease vectors e.g., for bovine tuberculosis. NZ experts are recognised as … taxes . So novel interventions are probably required (e.g., phasing down the nicotine levels in tobacco). Future: …
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