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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … of our just published paper on pricing and changes in the NZ tobacco market during a period of sustained excise tax … very strong evidence, including from Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ), that tobacco price increases reduce consumption, … brand rather than quit when tobacco prices increase. The NZ setting offers an interesting context to review market …
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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 … potential contribution to public health outcomes, NZ’s expenditure on smokefree social marketing actually … greatly reduced smoking uptake among youth non-smokers, 6 NZ has been slow to adopt explicit industry denormalisation …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … been eight distinct border control failures in Aotearoa/NZ relating to the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, since … use, and enhancing contact tracing.   Overall, Aotearoa/NZ has done extremely well by international standards by … a border control perspective (with the goal of protecting NZ from outbreaks of COVID-19), as well as from an …
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  • Food and beverage taxes for a healthier diet: The Pacific experience

    … Summary Across Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), the Pacific and globally we are seeing a growing impact … and drinks being introduced since the turn of the century. NZ is at risk of persisting major health burdens by not using … underlying growing rates of NCDs in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) such as diabetes, cancer, and tooth decay. NZ (and …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … Summary Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 infection. This … has been circulating widely in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) since the arrival of the Omicron variant in January 2022. … for enhancing control measures. Covid-19 surveillance NZ has multiple systems for surveillance of Covid-19 . These …
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  • Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa

    … consequences from cold housing.  It is essential that NZ’s lowest-income households can keep warm, so we must … Low indoor temperature is a particular problem in NZ – evidenced by excess winter deaths compared to summer. 3 … analysis found that in temperate countries like NZ, cold-related deaths outnumber heat-related deaths, and …
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  • Cyclone Gabrielle by the numbers – A review at six months

    … regions of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) in February 2023. It joined the list of NZ’s mass fatality events with 11 people losing their lives. … disaster after six months. Our impression remains that NZ has a low level of resilience to this type of hazard …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: how could this be achieved and what evidence supports the NZ Government’s proposals?

    … The NZ Government has published a Discussion Document outlining … reducing tobacco retail availability could allow NZ to realise the large health gains, cost-savings, and … Residents of socially deprived neighbourhoods in Aotearoa NZ are exposed to many more tobacco outlets than those living …
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  • Continuing annual tobacco tax increases: New modelling of the likely impact

    … On Thursday the NZ Government announced it would continue it’s programme of … further tax increases will help us get to a tobacco-free NZ by 2025, but more ‘endgame’ strategies are almost … on health care spending (1-3). Within the last decade in NZ, tobacco taxes were first increased (beyond the annual …
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  • Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?

    … Several recent reports in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) offer a roadmap for AI implementation, highlighting the … the level of human oversight needed. We encourage the NZ Government to regularly publish a register of all AI … a major emerging issue for the healthcare sector. In NZ, a few initiatives provide useful context. Most …
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