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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022/23 NZ Health Survey

    … prevalence (defined as smoking at least monthly) was 8.3% (95%CI: 7.5-9.2%). The reductions in daily and current … survey was less pronounced for this measure (from 22.3% to 20.2%, 2.1% absolute drop). While the decreases in … trends by neighbourhood deprivation As outlined in Figure 3, although there was a large fall in smoking prevalence …
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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … smoking cessation product as per Medsafe requirements (3)). Nevertheless, ANDS with nicotine and nicotine-containing … brochures attached to each package of ANDS products sold. 3) As above (pharmacy only) but with regular upgrades to … under the Medicines Act – as outlined by Medsafe (3). meet the requirements under the new Psychoactive …
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  • Monkeypox has arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand: what is the level of risk and how do we manage it?

    … less severe disease in humans (case fatality risk [CFR] = 3.6%) compared with the Congo Basin clade (CFR = 10.6%). The … did not yet meet the criteria to be designated as a PHEIC 3 . However, it plans to reconvene a meeting of its Emergency … case fatality risk in recent outbreaks in Africa has been 3.6% to 10.6% depending on the infecting clade of virus. …
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  • New Zealand E-cigarette trial in Lancet – keeping it in perspective

    … to e-cigarettes were abstinent at six months, or 7.3%.  This compares to 17 out of 295 people randomised to … with placebo e-cigarettes (six month abstinence 4.1%) was 3.16%, with a 95% confidence interval -2.29% to 8.61%. Null …
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  • A fat week – debates about saturated fat that will not go away

    … Omega 6 are generally thought to be worse than omega 3 (e.g. they are inflammatory), at the ratios we currently … Fat Sources Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fat Sources Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fat Sources Nuts Vegetable oils Canola oil … and more specifically the ratio of things like omega 3 to omega 6 fats; how high the percentage of saturated fat …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … Review , which recommended that the existing programme of 3-yearly screening for women aged 50-70 years should continue … at all. The Canadian review recommended screening 2-3 yearly for 50-74 year old women, with the proviso that … in the form of unnecessary surgery and chemotherapy (3,4). Screening ceased at this point and subsequent follow up …
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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … preventing youth uptake of smoking and promoting quitting [3]. They are likely to have contributed to NZ’s major … from tobacco tax increases is the 88% of New Zealanders (4.3 million people) who currently are non-smokers (children and … enough income to address their basic needs [Group D] 6.3%   (308,000) [crude estimate] No substantial health …
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  • The maths and ethics of minimising COVID-19 deaths in NZ

    … from 0.002% among zero to 10 year’s old, up to 9.3% for people 80 years and over. This is a pattern that is … are reduced to 9,100, with a compensatory increase from 3,300 to 3,900 deaths among younger people (<60 years). Can we do …
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  • A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model – guiding better housing and urban development

    … starting to embrace indigenous approaches to wellbeing. 3 This includes consideration of the relationships … the environment including the built environment; and  3. Te Ao Ōhanga: local/community economy, cottage industries, … Wairuatanga (spirituality) as the foundation of wellbeing; 3) A focus on Whānau (families) and Kāinga (home); 4) The …
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  • When the first barrier fails: Strengthening protection for drinking water sources

    … mainly due to an increase in dairy cattle (from 3.8 million animals in 1994 to 6.5 million in 2017) 2 and … in the use of fertiliser, irrigation and imported feed. 3 - 5 New Zealand’s current drinking water standards set a … average nitrate concentration was likely to increase to 3.9 mg/L, with 59% of all wells breaching the MAV.  13 …
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