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  • Making the most of masks

    … use amongst both stylists, and all clientele, resulted in no secondary viral transmission [6]. Similarly, amongst 382 … symptomatic individual. The non-associated families had no close contact, and some were seated at a considerable … of the virus (Figure 2) [5, 31, 32]. These should no longer be used. Gaiters break down large respiratory …
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  • Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food - where the parties stand: Election 2023

    … ACT which strongly opposed both action areas, but made no comment about how they would tackle these serious harms. … contribute over 40% of the diet of New Zealanders. No substantive policies to address this huge contribution to … to healthcare on the basis of need for all New Zealanders, no matter who they are, their ethnicity or gender, or whether …
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  • Tackling housing instability for LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa

    … need regulating, and the Government’s plan to reintroduce no cause evictions should remain a relic of the past. On a … Political decisions such as the potential reinstating of no cause eviction will worsen housing instability   Authors … and a Rule Foundation research grant. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, …
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  • Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?

    … – leaning on a study we have just published . There are no observational studies, let alone randomised trials, of … smoking prevalence of 9.6% by 2025 (compared to 9.9% with no intervention). The intervention that permitted tobacco …
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  • Being forced to leave your rental home can harm health

    … Eviction can be expensive As Nancy described ‘We had no bond saved up because we had no intention of moving…Trying to scrounge up bond money alone … the garage she moved into: “Had a shower and toilet in it, no insulation. It was cold, concrete floor. You could see the …
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  • Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ

    … to assess the impact of standardised packaging? There is no evidence the Government plans new studies that focus … best practice by regularly introducing new warnings. 12 13 No marketing manager would consider using a single … impact of health warnings, which are now much larger and no longer have to compete with distracting brand imagery. 14 …
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  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … Leptospirosis is an illness which can vary from having no symptoms to a severe illness that may be life-threatening. … Pet rodents are also increasingly popular. While there is no direct evidence linking a pet rodent to a case of … required for transmission of plague are present in NZ, no cases have been reported since 1911. Other pathogens are …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … for a time, and the rest of the country to Alert Level 2. No investigation report has yet been published. MIQ facility … to have been a solitary community case who infected no other individuals. A shared lift environment in the MIQ … ). No investigation report has yet been published, other than …
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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … products. Our proposed options for regulating ECs will no doubt attract discussion and debate. We see this as … and e-liquids Smoked tobacco products Taxation and excise No application of excise/taxation  – unless required to deter … incorrect beliefs about RYO.   Age of purchase/ sale No sales to children and adolescents (<18 years) with …
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  • Counting what matters: Rethinking Aotearoa's population statistics without a census

    … Needs and challenges for population statistics There is no time over the past 50 years when the scope and quality of … is expected by international credit rating agencies. No integrating framework exists for administrative records, … but affect the interpretability of the data since it would no longer refer to a particular point in time. The Integrated …
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