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  • Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy

    … 2025 goal and invited submissions. This blog is one of a series examining key aspects of the plan to help inform the debate and submissions. Here … to the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the obligation of governments to safeguard the health of the population. …
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  • How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?

    … health workers, iwi [3], and indeed the whole “Team of 5 million”. The staff in managed isolation and quarantine … have occurred (see Table 1). In contrast, the Ministry of Health avoids the term “border failure” but rather details … [7]. Unfortunately, that report from the Ministry of Health, which received wide media coverage, underestimated …
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  • Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis

    … Dr Stefanie Vandevijvere, Professor Boyd Swinburn A panel of 71 independent and government experts have undertaken an evaluation of New Zealand Government food environment policies, compared to international best practice.  This is the second such evaluation, the first …
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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … that masks have a valuable role in preventing the spread of infectious diseases. We highlight key findings and … with current evidence. NZ is missing out on the benefits of this effective and versatile protection against seasonal, … preparedness. 7 Next steps to bring our policy and practice into line with evidence NZ needs to develop a …
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  • What the Pacific & Mexico can tell us about soft drink taxes and public health

    … discussion document from the Pacific and explores some of the reasons SSB tax outcomes from Mexico appear to show … added caloric sweetener usually sugar. The main categories of sugary drinks include soft-drinks/fizzy-drinks, sachet … Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) account for many of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the world. …
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  • Tax reform pros & cons: A brief look from a Public Health perspective

    … health perspective. Many factors determine the design of tax policies in developed countries. These include perspectives concerning the level of government spending, how important goals such as health, well-being or the state of the environment really are, the extent to which the system …
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  • Smoking and vaping among 14 to 15 year olds: Government action urgently needed

    … among young people who vape. We find the proportion of young people that vape daily and that have never smoked … given rising youth vaping . Manat ū Hauora, the Ministry of Health, accepts vaping offers a reduced harm alternative … are now vaping daily. Implications for public health practice and policy Current measures to protect young people …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … Summary Cabinet has approved in principle the sale of oral tobacco products (e.g. snus) and oral nicotine … help people to stop smoking by providing a source of nicotine that is likely to be less physically harmful than … aids is limited, especially when compared with the quality of evidence supporting the use and efficacy of …
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  • Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues

    … topic and also take a wider perspective on other aspects of meat consumption on human health and the environment, and risk communication.   The cancer agency of the World Health Organization, the International Agency … there is evidence that modern factory-farming practice causes animal suffering in various forms (see for …
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  • Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … first immunisation event. They are a safe, effective way of protecting hapū māmā (pregnant people) and pēpi (babies) … and the United States. Importantly, although the risk of these diseases is highest among Māori, Pacific Peoples, … proposes immunisation targets and incentives for general practice to improve immunisation coverage so that 95% of …
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