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  • Putin and the Bomb: Why New Zealand national risk assessments should include planning for the potential impacts of nuclear winter

    … of nuclear war and what various models estimate to be the potential global climate impacts (eg, of nuclear … would be the impact of such aggression? This question is important because days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine … US-Russia tensions (perhaps the Ukraine war for example), but importantly this means the other half of the risk lies in …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … 2 Finally, we review tobacco companies’ responses to the Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan and whether their … Criterion 3 (essential): evidence of action to reduce uptake and eliminate disparities in use of … tobacco control policies and obstruct efforts to prevent youth uptake and address inequities in smoking prevalence. …
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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … and provides insufficient money for public services  to deal effectively with a daunting range of economic, … for redesign of our tax system and suggests changes. These proposals for change would need political commitment for them … communities. Taxing wealth and capital gains would help reduce these inequalities. Poverty Poverty is defined here as …
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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 … reject tobacco, 5 and greatly reduced smoking uptake among youth non-smokers, 6 NZ has been slow to adopt explicit … international evidence that social marketing campaigns may reduce the risk of relapse. 20 Nonetheless, social marketing …
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  • Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes

    … Code for Advertising Food could be substantially improved to protect children and young people from obesity and poor … to show they do want to be part of the solution to reduce New Zealand’s unacceptably high rates of obesity in … of junior football – Coca Cola: contributes funding to youth development programmes and awards  & developed the …
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  • Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively?

    … Although most smokers want to quit, many of those who begin vaping continue to smoke. We recently probed this perplexing … disease and stroke, even if they manage to substantially reduce their cigarette intake [5]. Evidence from the UK, …
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  • Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies

    … modern vaping devices could be around a third as harmful to health as smoking. The second uses these findings to … the NZ Government’s recent Discussion Document outlining proposals for an Action Plan to realise the Smokefree … act decisively. Proposed measures that could profoundly reduce smoking prevalence include mandated denicotinisation …
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  • Contradictions surround Government’s move to slash tax on heated tobacco products

    … had advised Minister Costello that there was no evidence to support heated tobacco products as smoking cessation … products The Associate Health Minister’s decision to  reduce the excise tax on HTPs by 50% shocked many in the … also needs to reassure communities concerned about youth vaping by explaining how she is monitoring HTP uptake …
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  • Artificially sweetened beverages: What does the latest evidence tell us on health benefits versus harm?

    … consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is an important current policy issue internationally. One suggested strategy is for people to swap to artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs). But there are multiple concerns about potential health risks …
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  • Public health and Budget 2024

    … protection, and law and order, shrinking relative to GDP over the next three years.  Public health, which … next three years.  Figure 1: Government spend is set to reduce across all areas, for the fiscal years 2024 and 2027 … 2024 is merely an expression of that. Our task remains important and valuable, but it just got harder.    What this …
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