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  • Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues

    … by the recent highly publicised review on the cancer risk from processed meat and red meat. Here we briefly look at … (or 16 days of reduced life expectancy; calculated from the BODE 3 colorectal cancer screening model, personal … increasingly frustrated by messages of harm from multiple food items, without clarity as to what an alternative diet …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … given the likelihood that some community cases arising from border control failures were never detected (eg, genomic … case” 3 ). This high failure rate is unacceptable from a border control perspective (with the goal of … chance of the outbreak being from contaminated imported food was also considered very unlikely: “Our Bayesian …
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  • Three Waters reforms are needed to protect public health and ensure changes are economically sustainable and efficient

    … Figure 1). The entities will have equal representation from mana whenua and council executive members on regional … 1) the current approach to water services is far from adequate to protect public health; and 2) individual … it is conservatively estimated that 34,000 people get sick from drinking water in A-NZ each year. 6 Subsequent water …
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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … be more effectively monitored. Image by Christo Anesteva from Pixabay ENDS’ impact on population health Electronic … harmful than smoking, so long as smokers transition fully from smoking to vaping or use them to quit their nicotine … combined with behavioural support. 2 Another trial from New Zealand reported modest increases in cessation when …
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  • Government struggling with evidence: HTPs, addiction levels, and Smokefree 2025

    … tax on heated tobacco products (HTPs), despite advice from the Ministry of Health and Treasury. Instead, it … Health Minister’s recommendation, which drew on arguments from a mystery document 1 and “ independent advice ” that did … trying to quit, the Government has acted against  advice from the Health Ministry and  Treasury , against  WHO …
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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 into force. This … evaluation and the next steps to protect children from smoking-related harm in Aotearoa. Secondhand smoke (SHS) … in May 2020 and comes into force on 28 November 2021. From that date, it will be against the law to smoke or vape …
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  • Antiviral stockpiles for pandemic preparedness: Time for a careful rethink?

    … stockpile of antiviral drugs. But given recent evidence from a new Cochrane systematic review – NZ policymakers … is new (and recently covered in the media) is the evidence from a recent Cochrane systematic review  around the … effectiveness of these antivirals. This review benefited from the inclusion (after a long process of requesting them) …
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  • COVID-19 and Māori health – when equity is more than a word

    … to equity. Saying, ‘equity is important’ is different from actually making equity important via intentional actions … who experience marginalisation and oppression. Information from the United States has highlighted that Black/African … for Māori negatively impacting on Māori health outcomes from both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 conditions. 8 Differences …
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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … Aotearoa/NZ has achieved the lowest death rate in the OECD from the COVID-19 pandemic, equivalent to around 2000 lives … as a potential outcome). Mortality data for COVID-19 were from the Worldometers website 3 for probable and confirmed … GDP changes (relative to the previous quarter) were from the OECD 4 and the NZ Treasury; 5 GDP forecasts were …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … The potential value of shifting smokers to become vapers From a public health perspective, it might seem preferable to … could minimise any discomfort that vapers may experience from nicotine-withdrawal when in sych spaces. Nevertheless, … could be a fairly modest downside, given findings from a recent survey of exclusive e-cigarette users in the …
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