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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … prevalence among adults aged ≥15 years increased from 3.5% in 2019/20 to 11.1% in 2023/24. Vaping prevalence was particularly high … findings call for detailed ongoing monitoring and research to assess whether the current regulatory settings protect …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … On November 28 new legislation to protect children from smoking and vaping in cars will come … for children and causes serious diseases, including life-long respiratory conditions such as asthma. 1 2 Smoking in … being enacted in Aotearoa, what effect can we expect and how can we maximise the positive impacts of the law while …
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  • Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?

    … Intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing, especially in "generative" AI tools like ChatGPT with new systems … for AI implementation, highlighting the citizens' right to know where AI is being used and how well it performs.  Evaluating AI systems is crucial, …
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  • Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health

    … describe some of the main themes and some thoughts about how these might relate to Smokefree 2025 in New Zealand. In summary, New Zealand can … use and nicotine addiction in society, and create new long term health hazards. However, there was a glimmer of …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey

    … Summary More New Zealanders than ever are vaping according to the latest data from the New Zealand Health Survey released this month. The increase in recent years was particularly marked among younger age … within this Briefing. Figure 6 shows an example of how the relationship can be explored by presenting data for …
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  • Artificially sweetened beverages: What does the latest evidence tell us on health benefits versus harm?

    … internationally. One suggested strategy is for people to swap to artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs). But there … the public, public health practitioners and policy makers. In NZ there are numerous artificial sweeteners approved for … make firm conclusions about the effects on weight or the long term health effects of ASB consumption. There is no …
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  • Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next

    … tax increases, typically at the 10% level, will end in January 2016 unless it is extended by the NZ Government. … in tobacco consumption per adult (for the period 2010 to 2014) (1). Smoking prevalence has also continued to … (e.g., from low birth weight and asthma) that may harm long-term educational outcomes and hence employment. But …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … There have been eight distinct border control failures in Aotearoa/NZ relating to the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, since early … that the virus lay dormant on packing material for a long period of time.” Additional details: This outbreak …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … 2 Finally, we review tobacco companies’ responses to the Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan and whether their … criteria, PMI’s representatives did not explain PMI’s long history and continuing opposition to tobacco control … tobacco control policies. This threat underlines how crucial complete and timely implementation of the …
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  • What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website to better inform progress on COVID-19 elimination

    … that website. We also detail a potentially more useful way to categorise case data so that the public and research … proportion because more recent arrivals that will have a long duration have not been reported yet (only those with a … for maintenance of any elimination status, depending on how that is defined. 2 The importance of these cases depends …
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Public Health Expert Briefing (ISSN 2816-1203)