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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … relative to when they were used with vapes containing no nicotine or nicotine patches alone. 3 However, evidence … the ability to track trends over time, but if questions no longer match the behaviour they are attempting to … Survey data is sufficient to allow us to conclude there is no problem. We lack a comprehensive picture of vaping …
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  • In May 2022 the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 expires: what then?

    … was passed under parliamentary urgency, with practically no room for consultation with informed groups and very little … a new Act is needed, or will be soon. The Government has no option but to reflect on questions of both process and …
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  • Government funding of interpreters in Primary Care is needed to ensure quality care

    … of professional telephone and video interpreters it is no longer tenable in most circumstances not to use a … is not available to Primary Care. In Primary Care there is no explicit budget for interpreting services and Primary …
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  • Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

    … of the authors have any competing interests – including no links with pharmaceutical companies. Their work on tobacco … Year when <5% prevalence reached for adult population No increase (0%) 9.30% 6.90% 20% 21% 9.90% 2046           … to remain very small in NZ (as an island nation with no local production) and would not be a major impediment in …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    … are substantial for both Māori and non-Māori populations no population group reaches the <5% target (see Table). … e-cigarettes as a temporary transition product that has no long-term future. Explore options around phasing down the …
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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … must be done so in a subordinate manner (as a guide, no more than 15% of the space/time available). For many … 25 An example of this is the New Zealand Warriors no longer having the Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Woodstock brand on … ban on sponsorship. Alongside this change, there will be no alcohol advertising at any sporting area in Ireland from …
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  • Management of Auckland’s border and COVID-19

    … to cross the boundary into other parts of NZ; there are no vaccine requirements; and none are required or requested … a lower risk of Covid-19 infection than Aucklanders; with no vaccination or quarantine requirements for Aucklanders …
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  • Meat, health, hospitals, and sustainability*

    … hospital systems in high income countries where there is no meat on the menu at all: Loma Linda University Hospital in … diet-related chronic disease? We know that there is often no better time to get smokers off tobacco than when …
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  • Climate change and cherry blossom

    … to states with a wide range of governance models (and no common views on issues such as devolution, community … and during that time unprotected outdoor labour will no longer be possible. If this happens, there will be …
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  • A major new study on Kiwi health – can it inform decision-making?

    … compared with some ‘ideal’ distribution such as no smokers or a markedly lowered and narrowed distribution of … account for sizeable proportions of the disease burden?  No question. But this does not directly and solely inform …
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