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  • Minimum pricing of alcohol: what does the evidence say?

    … researches the public health impacts of alcohol policy in NZ   Last month Justice Minister Collins rejected a minimum … Collins recently rejected minimum pricing of alcohol in NZ. One of the new pieces of evidence is a paper just … the impact of a £0·45 minimum unit price (about 90c NZ) on alcohol consumption by socioeconomic group in England. …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … blog we look at the situation in Japan, as compared to NZ, and discuss lessons for nations considering hosting large … guidelines were voluntary (unlike Aotearoa New Zealand [NZ] and Australia where mandatory lockdowns have been used … quarantine requirements are not as strict as those used in NZ, which has relied on hotel quarantine for international …
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  • How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?

    … and accompanying video , we summarize new research using NZ’s linked census-mortality data, blended with innovative … the findings in a seminar. What did we do? We used linked NZ census-mortality data, covering three decades.  This is … rates for Māori females. Question 3: If, counter-to-fact, NZ had been tobacco free, how much  less would current ethnic …
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  • Home modification to reduce falls – appears cost-effective in NZ

    … effectiveness estimates came from a systematic review, and NZ-specific intervention costs were extracted from a NZ trial [ 4 ]. What this new study found In our just … this intervention is very good value-for-money for the NZ health system. (Nevertheless, we note that other BODE 3 …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … 1) grew. 4 Figure 1: VAPO age verification screen for a NZ-based website (4 August, 2021)   Figure 2: Screen shot of … 7   Figure 3: VAPO Vapetasia E-liquid selection on a NZ-based website (4 August, 2021)   Aggressive youth-oriented … schools where smoking has hit basically zero per cent .” 8 NZ youth studies have corroborated principals’ concerns and …
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  • Reducing waiting times for cataract surgery is good value-for-money for falls prevention

    … recent modelling work on expediting cataract surgery in NZ. In this blog we summarise the key findings and make … comparisons with other falls prevention interventions. NZ has made good progress on reducing falls in hospitals … often substantial wait times for cataract surgery in the NZ public health system, with a total wait time from first …
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  • Daily aspirin for preventing cancer and heart disease – where to from here in NZ?

    … looks at the issues and considers possible responses by NZ health agencies and research funders.   What is the … – 0.17 deaths caused by aspirin by age 75   What might NZ health agencies do now? A possible first step is for a suitable NZ health agency (Pharmac, the Ministry of Health, or the …
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  • Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset

    … help shape how we achieve fairer and better tax revenue. NZ’s current tax policy NZ’s tax take as a percentage of GDP is less than the OECD average (NZ’s revenue in 2018 was 32.7% of GDP, while the OECD average …
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  • Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the Smokefree Aotearoa proposals

    … The NZ Government has published a discussion document outlining … 43   Such arguments are misplaced in a context like NZ, where harm-reduced alternative nicotine products like … was that illicit products made up only 1.8-3.8% of the NZ market. 48 Commentators have noted that any increase in …
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  • Worth its weight: Building insulation in New Zealand

    … This blog looks at these issues and wonders why the NZ Government is not doing more to enhance building … changes to the Residential Tenancies Act suggest that the NZ Government is still undervaluing the benefits of building … climate change . The International Energy Agency, of which NZ is a member, strongly argues the importance of seeking …
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