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  • Oral nicotine products: Expanding the nicotine marketplace

    … aged 18 or over.    Figure 1: Images sourced 23 June, 2024:  Previously available at: https://zingerpouches.co.nz/ … the origin of posts.    Figure 2: Images sourced 23 June 2024 … over 130 million cans of ZYN in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of nearly 80% over the same period in 2023. …
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  • Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … in the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024. The Rule will raise speed limits around schools … will die. The Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024 proposes that the setting of speed limits should be … adds The   Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024  puts forward an economic rationale for increasing speed …
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  • New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality

    … are under development and must be completed by the end of 2024. Regional plans have broad ecological, cultural, … are required to produce a new regional plan by the end of 2024, to give effect to the updated national freshwater … the next generation of regional plans (due at the end of 2024), they must learn from past failures in regional …
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  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … Summary  In January and February 2024, the public of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) were captivated … of rodent control in NZ.  In January and February 2024, the public of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) were captivated …
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  • The Crisis in youth mental health: what can be done?

    … worldwide are experiencing a mental health crisis. The 2024 World Happiness report (WHR24) found a steep decline in … a significant public health problem across the world. The 2024 World Happiness report (WHR24) has revealed a steep drop …
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  • The long shadow of Cyclone Gabrielle: Brief review at 12 months

    … to lives and stress from housing damage: As of 11 January 2024, MBIE data provided to us shows 469 houses nationwide … repaired, there are still likely to be disruptions during 2024. For example in Hawke’s Bay: “Roads and bridges were … impacts in 2023 (kindly supplied by MBIE for 11 January 2024) Region/District Red placarded* Yellow placarded* White …
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  • Long Covid: High economic burden justifies further preventive efforts

    … Impact has estimated GDP losses from Long Covid during 2024 to be 0.5-2.3% (mean 1.0%; median 0.6%) across eight … in labour supply affected productivity and GDP from 2022-2024. Their just published research 5 suggests that Long … impact. If NZ’s GDP ( NZ$410 billion for the March 2024 year) faces a 0.5% reduction due to Long Covid, as seen …
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  • Backing off international infant formula standards: A retrograde step

    … Code Implementation: Evidence and Rights-Based Responses. 2024. The commercial milk formula industry argues against … for all parents regardless of how infants are fed.  In 2024, at the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly in Geneva, …
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  • World moving forward on the smokefree generation - Aotearoa NZ goes backwards

    … Summary In early March 2024, the government repealed measures in the Smokefree … confusion? Assessing the SFG’s feasibility Until March 2024, NZ had a  comprehensive strategy to reduce smoking …
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  • Urgent action needed to prevent a measles epidemic in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … with around 20,000 people entering each day in January 2024 (Figure 5) so there are more infected people arriving in … by day, rolling seven-day average, January 2019 to January 2024.  This situation means that NZ is at high risk of a …
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