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  • Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ

    … From today, all tobacco products in New Zealand will start … whether on-pack or mass media – must be salient and timely to have strong and continuing impact on supporting quitting. … smokers over time and could provide rich insights into how existing smokers respond to standardised packaging. 10 …
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  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    … The NZ Government’s Action Plan to realise the Smokefree 2025 goal has signalled a more … has several important roles. First, it may deter people from unhealthy behaviours, such as smoking, by promoting … may sway opinion by exposing industry practices, such as how tobacco companies deceived and then blamed people who …
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  • When can COVID-19 be Declared Eliminated from NZ? New Modelling Study

    … and 33 days of no new detected cases of COVID-19 for there to be a 95% probability of epidemic extinction in NZ (at … of epidemic extinction, the equivalent time-period was 37 to 44 days. So now the country urgently needs the Ministry of … with 10 infectious cases for each value of Re). The curves from left to right relate to Re = 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, …
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  • What does the EY Tobacco Excise Tax Evaluation Report mean for reaching the Smokefree 2025 Goal?

    … This blog comments on the Ernst and Young (EY) report to the Ministry of Health, which evaluated tobacco excise tax … their whanāu, and increasing cigarette-related robberies from dairies. The Minister was quoted as being undecided … including use of community intelligence and research into how effective sustained increases are and what adverse …
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  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence

    … NZ Government has published proposals for an Action Plan to achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal. This blog is one … We examine the extent of the problem in NZ, consider how proposals in the Action Plan could affect the illicit … of tourism in NZ [4]. A study by ASH NZ based on data from 2010 to 2013 estimated illicit tobacco consumption was …
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  • World Ventil8 Day – How do our buildings measure up?

    … year on the 8 November is World Ventil8 Day. This day aims to raise awareness of the importance of ventilation as a … sources of pollution, pollutants can enter buildings from outside sources. Replacing stale indoor air can remove … rely on occupants to ventilate buildings – that means how fresh the air is comes down to how often and how well …
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  • What does art have to do with public health, and how can they work together?

    … Wellington) has considered art, and its relationship to public health. The Symposium featured artists, arts … First, an array of emerging health issues arising from complex environmental and socio-economic processes, in … took us on an art tour of Europe – illustrating how 19 th and early 20 th century artworks can tell us about …
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  • Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response

    … We outline the upgrades that are now urgently needed to keep New Zealanders safe, particularly in the light of the current outbreak risk … workers, ensuring that all New Zealanders are able to stay at home when required, and upgrading the Trans-Tasman …
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  • Air pollution in Aotearoa NZ: Five key ways to reduce the massive health and social costs

    … study has estimated the surprisingly high level of harm from air pollution. This annual harm includes the premature … at $15.6 billion. Fortunately there are many ways to reduce air pollution and we discuss five key ones in this blog. These range from free public transport to reform of the electricity market to lower costs to …
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  • Analysis of a new NZ Treasury Report on soft drink tax

    … The Government has an action plan to tackle childhood obesity, but it lacks a tax on sugary … Numerous modelling studies have demonstrated health gains from a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax – including a … We partially agree. Yes, elasticities capturing exactly how people substitute other products in response to a price …
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