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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … examines tobacco industry claims that it is ‘transforming’ and the possible implications for public health. We draw … on an article examining tobacco industry transformation 1 from the Tobacco Control 30 th anniversary issue and … been defined, conceptualized and evaluated by the industry or through the PMI-funded Foundation for a Smokefree World’s …
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  • Covid-19 is finishing the year on a high: We need a vigorous coordinated response

    … 2023, as indicated by results of wastewater testing and hospitalisations. The net effect is that for the year 2023 as a whole, we can expect to see approximately 1,000 deaths and 12,000 hospitalisations, in addition to … ranging from mild to severe that can persist for months or years. 4,5, 6 Long Covid risk applies to all age groups, …
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  • Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

    … inadequate to achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and the government needs to take urgent action, particularly … ). The figures reported are unadjusted prevalences  [1] from NZHS surveys conducted in 2006/7 and annually from … Since then current smoking prevalence has remained more or less the same. The patterns of prevalence over time were …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … adults aged ≥15 years increased from 3.5% in 2019/20 to 11.1% in 2023/24. Vaping prevalence was particularly high among younger age groups, Māori and Pacific peoples, and people living in neighbourhoods with … continues over whether regulation is overly restrictive or too permissive. This Briefing summarises key updates on …
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  • Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak

    … this blog we outline what is needed to protect the health and wellbeing of children (ie, those under 18 years) in this … globally since the start of the pandemic (see Figure 1 for a US example). High numbers of child cases have led to … and the response can be experienced directly by children or indirectly through effects experienced by their families …
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  • Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying

    … Recently released documents from the Ministry of Health and Associate Health Minister Casey Costello’s office reveal … acknowledging the risks posed by the SERPA repeal.  Table 1 (see Appendix ) compares the Ministry's advice with the … without adding clear benefits for people who smoke or the achievement of the Smokefree 2025 goal”.  …
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  • Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case

    … Protecting waterways has the benefits of: (1) protecting water from hazardous microbes; (2) minimising cancer risk and other problems from nitrates in water; (3) avoiding algal … directly through runoff from farm buildings, spills or the failure of manure storage facilities, the deposition …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … Aotearoa New Zealand’s Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill … having less than 0.4mg nicotine per gram of tobacco. 1 Our blog in April 2021 summarised the case for … prevalence, such as people experiencing poor mental health or with lower socio-economic status (SES ), are more likely …
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  • Children and young people and COVID-19: The urgent need for improved guidance in NZ

    … of international evidence about COVID-19 risk for children and young people. The high proportion of Pasifika children … now recommended mask use in children 12 years and over , 1 to bring them into line with recommendations for adults. … disease in children, with a very low risk of death or severe complications, 2 and low risk of child-to-child and …
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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 … for achieving the Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal [1] . The report’s recommendations, including continuing … she should maintain the scheduled increases to 2020 or institute a new excise tax regime beyond that date. The …
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