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  • 6 teaspoons of sugar a day helps the diseases stay down, in a most challenging way

    … that sugar should be less than 10% of total energy intake a day, but have gone further to state that 5% would be better … includes about 1 teaspoon of sugar, and 1 standard 355 ml can of soft drink can contain around 10 or so teaspoons). There will need to be …
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  • Contradictions surround Government’s move to slash tax on heated tobacco products

    … smoking cessation tools. Ms Costello described the move as a “trial”. However, she had previously criticised … on heated tobacco products. The tobacco industry has a long history of malign practice. Court judgments have found … industry’s agenda, rather than public health goals, can be dispelled.   Authors details  Prof Janet Hoek ,   Anna …
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  • “Appetite for Destruction”: A new book with attitude – but also strong science

    …   Book launched tomorrow Gareth Morgan is known as a smart economist and a bit of a stirrer of public debate.  Think domestic cat … attention. A great example of what kiwi-style philanthropy can do to nudge and cajole and reorientate public and …
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  • Perspective: Options for licensed retailing of nicotine-containing E-Cigarettes in NZ

    … pharmacies and vape shops. It also highlights the need for a very well-considered approach, given consecutive NZ … health. The Ministry of Health is inviting comment on a proposal to allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be … already strongly applies to prescription medicines that can produce dependence/addiction). Furthermore, we argue that …
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  • Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response

    … actions include upgrading the Alert Level system with a particular focus on mask use, making the Covid Tracer App … for adoption of masks as a ‘nose and mouth’ lockdown that can prevent a ‘full body lockdown’. 3 In a forthcoming paper 4 we propose two levels of mask requirements that can be matched to the risk in the community: The ‘ travel and …
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  • New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality

    … and improving freshwater quality identified by a new report on the failure to protect high-country lakes … from mistakes made in the past, regional authorities can take meaningful next steps to restore the waterways their … as the Lesson-learnt report identified, council plans can be changed multiple times without achieving the …
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  • Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next

    … A series of seven annual tobacco tax increases, typically at … a “regressive tax” overall, actual increases in this tax can be progressive due to the typically greater price … attacks and cancer), and from disability (e.g., strokes can prevent people returning to work). Further benefits will …
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  • Transport, carbon emission reduction and health- the possibility of a virtuous circle?

    … highlight that there are many ‘no-brainer’ actions that can be taken now with likely health and environmental co-benefit. They have recently published a systematic review “Health Co-Benefits of Climate Change … that focus on reducing car use are a good place to start – we can be moderately confident of a virtuous circle …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … the Tobacco Control 30 th anniversary issue and consider a response from tobacco industry spokespeople. 2 Finally, we … buy cigarettes in the first place” and that “our actions can contribute to reducing demand for cigarettes”. Further, … Lindsay Robertson is supported by a Royal Marsden Fast-Start grant UOO2028. These funders had no role in the study …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … the Smokefree 2025 goal. However, it is not all bad news. A major avenue of hope for a smokefree Aotearoa comes from … might ‘smokefree’ localities look like? It seems ideal to start to discuss what the year 2025 goals for local … competition to see which locality (city, town, district) can be the first to achieve this smokefree status. The prize …
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