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  • A 100 years ago: The worst year of the First World War for New Zealand

    … was the worst year of the First World War for New Zealand from a premature mortality perspective, with 5547 deaths. We … injury deaths predominated (at 92.8%), followed by deaths from disease (4.5%). Nevertheless, in terms of the mortality … were killed (the worst mortality impact in a single day from any event in all of NZ’s recorded history). Medical (and …
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  • “Action for Healthy Waterways”: some big ticket actions that the Government has neglected

    … integrated and holistic health and wellbeing of freshwater from mountains to sea, is a valuable way forward for … in the NZ setting. As an extra bonus, the tax revenue from a fertiliser tax could be recycled eg, put toward tree … possibility that taxes on fertilisers might slightly raise food prices. Taxing ruminant livestock products for …
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  • Smoking and vaping among 14 to 15 year olds: Government action urgently needed

    … young people who had never previously smoked. Evidence from schools and parents supports these concerns, as do survey findings. In this Briefing, we examine new data from the ASH Year 10 Snapshot survey and explore trends in … need for stronger policies that protect young people from both vaping and smoking. Vaping’s role in fostering …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal

    … Kore (tobacco free) Aotearoa. A team led by researchers from ASPIRE 2025, supported by leading tobacco control … The launch received widespread media coverage and support from the medical and health community and organisations; for … in New Zealand. The Action Plan includes a proposal to remove additives and flavours from tobacco products by 2021. …
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  • NZ’s smart use of big data: Employment & income impacts of selected health conditions

    … for disease prevention and treatment interventions from a societal perspective.   In December last year the … data. That is, the study used linked administrative data from the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), a platform … NZ. This platform enables analysis of joined up data from the health sector and from other government sectors (all …
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  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … topic [1], there were highly variable reactions ranging from people willing to spend a significant sum of money to … supermarket for public health nutrition research? Testing food pricing strategies Maybe the best place to start … price, “problem solved”. If only it was that simple. Apart from any practical concerns, the effectiveness of food taxes …
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  • A single shot to prevent cancer? HPV vaccine can!

    … at least 90% coverage and eliminate HPV-related cancers from NZ.   In this Briefing, we describe a missed opportunity … to change the School Year 8 HPV immunisation programme from a 2-dose to a 1-dose schedule. A barrier is the … females . In 2009, it was extended to females born from 1992 onwards. After a two-year catch-up for all female …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … Tobacco) Amendment Bill includes three key policy measures from the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: … proposed mandating the removal of virtually all nicotine from smoked tobacco products. Denicotinised (sometimes called … equitably; Extensive supporting evidence, notably from randomised controlled trials (RCTs), show that people …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … nurses, doctors and various allied health workers (from community health workers to personal trainers in gyms). … but not altogether unexpected due to lag-times from any dietary change to disease event and death rates, … dietary counselling. They could consider taxes on junk food and soft drinks (as per other countries [18]), limits on …
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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … by NZ youth suggests a considerable volume, with growth from 7% to 20% in ever-use of “electronic cigarettes” during … Environments (SFE) Act to permit such sales and to remove ANDS from Medsafe jurisdiction (as per fluoride when … ANDS) Ensuring a large price gap between untaxed ANDS (GST only) sold by pharmacies relative to smoked tobacco sold …
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