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  • Reducing the spread of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand, action is long overdue!

    … decade. The table below links to several examples. Year   Report/statement Organisation 2015 Antibiotics and … era Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 12 2016 Tackling drug-resistant infections globally: final report and recommendations. The review on  antimicrobial …
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  • The UK Government shows leadership with a Soft Drink Tax announcement

    … with the use of health-promoting taxes in the past. The annual tobacco tax increases from 2010 to January 2016 are at a world-leading level. There has also been use of … to children on all media as recommended in the ECHO Report (see a previous blog on SSB tax implementation). These …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … examining young people’s reasons for trying or using ENDS report flavours are a key reason for experimentation and … consider when trialling an e-cigarette. 20 21 In 2016, the US Surgeon General’s report into E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults …
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  • Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy

    … words, it deprives people of free choice (Hoek et al, 2016) Overwhelmingly, smokers start in adolescence or early … TFG was introduced in Balanga city (Philippines) in 2016, as part of a comprehensive tobacco control package, … and surveys in Singapore (Khoo, 2010) and Tasmania report 70%-75% public support. Recently, a town hall meeting …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … opinion. The NZCS included either 44 or 54 agents (they report inconsistently) classified as IARC Group 1 or 2A. The … 3 What is to be done? Despite these deficits, the NZCS report provides evidence that a large number of workers are … of asbestos-containing products was banned only in 2016. 5 The failure to take steps to limit the widespread use …
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  • Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive action urgently needed

    … appear, the cost of inaction is likely to be high. In this report we identify key features of Long Covid that illustrate … such as driving. Participants in NZ Long Covid studies report impairment of quality of life at levels similar to … disability, substantial proportions of Long Covid patients report multiple, persistent symptoms one, 54 56 two, 57 58 …
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  • Key findings in the 2021/22 NZ Health Survey: Continued rapid falls in smoking prevalence and increases in vaping

    … for smoking and ECs. Introduction This is the fourth annual blog describing key findings about smoking and … analyses. Full details of the methods and a methodology report are available on the Ministry of Health website . Data …
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  • Meat, health, hospitals, and sustainability*

    … This was summarised in the recent Ministry of Health report Sustainability and the health sector [1], championed … improved health and environmental benefits” [6]. A special report on climate and land by the Intergovernmental Panel on …
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  • Fighting cold, damp housing – a big tick for Warmer Kiwi programme

    … heating due to costs. Household members, on balance, report an increase in life satisfaction. Impacts on Māori and … even greater. The figure below (from the study’s summary report) shows the average temperature increase in a living … effective at creating warm, dry homes in Aotearoa. – Full Report available as Motu Working Paper WP 22-14 . See video …
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  • Putin and the Bomb: Why New Zealand national risk assessments should include planning for the potential impacts of nuclear winter

    … (Hellman, 2008), however this calculation included a 6% annual probability of an ‘initiating event’ that could lead … percent per annum in times of crisis. This makes the annual risk of nuclear war in times of US-Russia tensions … and Cabinet (DPMC), should consider doing an updated report on the impacts and responses to nuclear war and …
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