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  • Action needed to halt New Zealand’s obesity epidemic: Themes from Big Food Symposium

    … and national public health experts and delegates met on Monday this week to consider how to address New Zealand’s … Minister of Health, they stress the critical need to focus on upstream policies to prevent obesity as well. … presented on the value of: banning advertising to children under the age of 16 introduction of a fizzy drink tax in New …
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  • Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame

    … the year of the NZ Government’s Smokefree goal. NZ is not on track to achieve this goal, especially not for Māori. In … remainder of the lives of the NZ population alive in 2011 under projected trends in smoking prevalence. For each of the … 13,200 15,700 $212 $376 Annual 10% tax increases 23,500 29,700 $374 $711 TFG strategy 42,000 41,300 $747 $1190 …
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  • Insights into health system costs of living and dying in New Zealand – New study

    … A study in the NZ Medical Journal shows how public spending on health varies markedly by age and proximity to death ( … future health spending by a few per cent.  That is, under best-guess future trends in demography, disease and …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … 3 deaths), but the others were successfully contained at under six cases each (as per the time of writing). This total … Alert Level 1.5. This Level should include mandated masks on public transport (as being discussed by the Government for … under continued Alert Level 1. 16 No investigation report of this outbreak has yet been published. MIQ facility …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Public policy options to address alcohol-related harm in Aotearoa

    … to reducing alcohol-related harm through policies on alcohol tax, availability and marketing.   This blog is … at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly .   One in 20 deaths in Aotearoa are … and Māori. Alcohol consumption causes immediate demands on healthcare through treating acutely intoxicated people and …
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  • New study on going smokefree – major economic gains for NZ society with manageable costs for government

    … Summary This Briefing details our just published study on the economics of Aotearoa NZ’s smokefree endgame policy … that are far more appropriate than perversely relying on tobacco tax. Given both the major health and economic … benefits of this law. What is new in this Briefing We report on our just published study that found that NZ’s …
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  • E-bikes are the new cars- why don’t transport policy makers treat them seriously?

    … these days without seeing people having fun zipping past on their e-bikes. E-bikes have the potential to transform our … year. We estimate that an equivalent investment towards a $500 e-bike subsidy could subsidise over 25,000 e-bikes and … of e-bike, many of which were canvassed in this excellent report . E-biking is likely to be supported by the same …
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  • Warmest New Zealand winter ever recorded – The Government should do more on climate change

    … mean more comfort, more time outdoors, lower electricity bills, less air pollution from domestic fires, and perhaps … of damage to human civilisation – a public health threat on a scale larger than we usually consider. While these risks … trading system is similarly only at a trivial level (at under $10 per tonne of CO 2 ). There are strong ethical …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … we discuss flavour restrictions and their potential impact on people who smoke and those who neither smoke nor use … examining young people’s reasons for trying or using ENDS report flavours are a key reason for experimentation and … young people is highly appropriate and well overdue. [1] Under review. * Author details: Janet Hoek, Nick Wilson, …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project

    … Smokefree 2025 Action Plan Discussion Document , and data on use of illicit tobacco products. Introduction and methods … who smoke in the ITC NZ surveys the vast majority (82% W2) report regretting starting to smoke, and contrary to the … in tobacco product retailers from around 6000 to 300, just under a quarter of respondents (24%) believed that they would …
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