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  • What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence 2025? Lots of cessation.

    … smoking prevalence of less than 5% by 2025.    This should be a major focus of the New Zealand contingent at the … to project out what the tobacco smoking prevalence will be in the future – the black lines in the figures below.  Bad … 10% to (say) 11% after six months, this is only going to be a small part of the solution!  Interventions to achieve …
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  • Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax

    … In this blog I argue that, yes, such tax packages have to be well designed (and more research would be helpful), but nevertheless that there is much that could be potentially gained by taxes on saturated fat. In the paper …
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  • Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers: The Swiss cheese model

    … between individual firearms policies and they need to be considered collectively. Aotearoa New Zealand needs to … 1983 is an opportunity to consider how firearms safety can be improved in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). Here we consider … Tragedy 3 and informed the COVID response. 4 It can also be used to inform firearms policy. There are a number of …
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  • Urgent measures needed to allow the safe re-opening of Auckland schools

    … antigen testing, if this testing modality is found to be accurate and feasible. 3. Guidance regarding unvaccinated … events, allowing children and family members to be vaccinated together on site. Provision of anticipatory … Ventilation and physical distancing in schools Which may be achieved by outdoor classrooms, open windows, doors, …
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  • Staying safe from COVID-19 over summer and beyond: The need for more NZ Government action

    … in the OECD. But there are ongoing risks – which may even be increasing with larger numbers of infected returnees in … COVID-19 elimination status. It clearly needs to be strengthened given the problems identified with border … reasons why the risks of COVID-19 outbreaks in NZ might be increasing are as follows: The intensification of the …
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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … on helping smokers to quit or exploring how they might be supported to switch to e-cigarettes (to assist quitting or … appeal of e-cigarettes and other vaping products should be a priority. However, while a strong focus on helping … different population groups might benefit and which might be harmed from increases in tobacco taxes. We therefore …
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  • Reducing salt in food good for health and NZ’s health budget – New research

    … these results into a wider context of how nutrition could be improved in NZ. This study was done given the high … different breads. The good news, though, is that salt can be readily reduced by food reformulation – and because … salts, which are beneficial for health [ 3 ], can also be used to replace the sodium in processed foods (which has …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … as well as being lower cost. Such bread designs could be promoted by health agencies and utilised in conjunction … with its own bakery) we estimated that the cost would be reduced to: $1.46 for the HHB$1.5 loaf, and to $2.57 for … provision of HHB to people with CVD) a profit margin would be relevant. For example, a 25% profit margin shared by …
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  • Beyond unhelpful dichotomies: a co-regulatory approach to protecting children from junk food marketing

    … This blog explores a co-regulatory approach that could be applied to the strengthening of junk food marketing … the Government to step in and regulate. Does it have to be black or white, mandatory or voluntary? Of course not (1), … about who is involved or the governance arrangements can be pretty fuzzy (2, 3). Co-regulation could be a third-party …
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  • The need for an updated strategic approach to Covid-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … in Auckland deteriorates, then healthcare resources can be shifted to Auckland from Covid-19-free regions of the … long-term success the border with Auckland needs to be strengthened (see the text below this table). There might be a risk of cases in Northland following the recent visit of …
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