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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … addiction. Physiological changes result in strong cravings and withdrawal symptoms that make it hard to quit nicotine, especially if smoking or vaping is embedded in social life and daily rituals. … rapidly, comparable to the ‘hit’ from cigarette smoking. 1 2 Now an increasing proportion of young people who …
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  • Counting what matters: Rethinking Aotearoa's population statistics without a census

    … Our statistical tools need sharpening to meet current and future challenges. Population data sources, estimates, … years when the scope and quality of population statistics 1 has been of such importance in public life in Aotearoa New … the task in many areas, such as understanding households or people’s health and wellbeing, compared with survey data. …
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  • COVID-19 hospitalisation peaks in Australian States since Omicron emerged: potential relevance to Aotearoa NZ

    … In this blog we examine the hospitalisation and ICU burden from the recent waves of COVID-19 in … to NZ on a per capita basis would suggest peaks of 1,107 people in NZ hospitals and 90 people in ICUs. We also … ideally high-quality respirator style masks (N95 masks or equivalent). There should be a particular focus on the …
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  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … hearing loss is a large direct cause of disability and is associated with increased risk of social isolation, … the risk and consequences of social isolation. Figure 1. This picture was chosen as it illustrates two elderly … health) (6, 7). If one of these elements is missing or damaged, a person may become unwell (7). Social isolation …
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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … hand, they may lead to financial hardship for some smokers and increase retail crime. In this blog, we explore how … scheduled tobacco excise tax increase came into effect on 1 January 2020, critics called on the Government to stop … to higher tobacco prices by displacing purchases of food or reducing heating to manage power costs. 12 These findings …
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  • Stubbing out democracy: no Government mandate for smokefree repeal

    … its intention to repeal the 2022 smokefree legislation and three key measures to help achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa goal. We assess whether this action has a mandate and legitimacy. Repeal of the legislation was not put before … We conclude that the decision has no mandate or legitimacy and suggest the government should change its …
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  • Long Covid: High economic burden justifies further preventive efforts

    … persisting Covid-19 pandemic is causing both acute illness and longer-term debilitating symptoms: Long Covid. Long Covid … to a change in health status that can persist for months or years following a Covid-19 infection. 1 Long Covid affects multiple organs and systems in the body …
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  • Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa

    … as smartphone apps, Wi-Fi-enabled data collection devices, and web-based data management systems offer the opportunity … one cause of death and disability in Aotearoa, New Zealand 1 .  Research in other countries has shown that high BP and … future research using technology-based interventions and/or remote trial design. Figure 1: SaltSwitch Smartphone …
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  • Smoking and vaping among 14 to 15 year olds: Government action urgently needed

    … who had never previously smoked. Evidence from schools and parents supports these concerns, as do survey findings. … appeal, convenience of vaping to young people . 1-4 Not surprisingly, youth vaping rose rapidly; the ASH Year … dominates their thoughts and disrupts their school work or paid employment. 6 This addiction can disrupt young …
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  • The long-term health burden of COVID-19: further justification for NZ’s elimination strategy

    … scientific evidence on the longer-term burden of symptoms and disease in survivors of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of … tightly controlled, incoming travellers are isolated or quarantined as appropriate, hygiene and behavioural … SARS-CoV-2 is more than an order of magnitude more lethal 1 . More crucially, the long-term consequences of infection …
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