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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick recently announced a Member’s Bill to end alcohol sponsorship of sport, acting on … are numerous and substantial failures by the Crown to reduce the harm from alcohol in Māori communities. 11 Alcohol … all alcohol marketing, as currently occurs for tobacco and vaping advertising in New Zealand. Conclusion Ending alcohol …
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  • Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

    … smoking prevalence. However, progress remains inadequate to achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and the … government needs to take urgent action, particularly to reduce marked disparities for Māori and Pacific peoples. The data also show increased uptake of e-cigarettes/vaping over the last 3-4 years, but the contribution of …
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  • COVID-19 and Māori health – when equity is more than a word

    … inequities within our society, frame equity as an add-on to a substantial list of other ‘equally’ important principles, or demonstrate “nonperformativity” 1 in … the impacts of interventions for whānau and communities but also to monitor and hold the Crown to account for its …
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  • Can pandemic threats justify border closure for island nations like NZ?

    … and benefits of complete border closure in NZ in response to new pandemic threats. We found that there were some very … unmanned cargo ships controlled from land in an effort to reduce costs and improve safety ). Nevertheless, in scenario … of high uncertainty. And similarly to instantly require steps for intensive protective sequestration around port …
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  • The need for long-term thinking – Especially for preventing catastrophic risks

    … NZ. This Briefing highlights the problem and the need to strengthen long-term thinking. Short-term thinking leads … for mitigating long-term risks (eg, building codes to reduce harm in earthquakes), legislating to protect nature … health of children and future lives . NZ has already taken steps towards greater institutionalisation and accountability …
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  • New standardised packaging regulations: Some good steps, but many missed opportunities

    … released Standardised Packaging Regulations contain some important advances over Australia’s legislation , but they also miss opportunities to recognise tobacco industry innovations. This blog … miss opportunities to have greater impact.  The small steps made in NZ’s regulations are important, but much larger …
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  • The Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty and tobacco: no cause to celebrate

    … dispute settlement (ISDS), the TPP agreement as a whole applies to tobacco, and breaches of the TPP might, in principle, be … to achieve the partial ISDS exclusion was considerable, but to report the result as a ‘win’ is a major overstatement. …
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  • Shifting all isolation/quarantine facilities to a single air force base: The need for a critical analysis

    … all COVID-19 related isolation/quarantine facilities to a single air force base at Ōhakea are considered. The main … family/whanau groups. Design with proper air flow may also reduce the risk of disease spread within these groups staying in the same unit. This advantage is particularly important if the group has members at higher risk of death …
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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … The Labour Party has released a factsheet outlining plans to “crack down” on youth vaping. Proposals include introducing a licensing scheme, increasing … first party to develop policy that could comprehensively reduce the availability of vaping products and deserves …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy

    … briefly explain how these three measures will contribute to the Smokefree 2025 goal, which aims to reduce smoking prevalence equitably, to below five percent … the number of stores selling tobacco will help reduce youth uptake,[6, 7] with some evidence that this measure will …
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