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Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations?
… Control (FCTC) includes clauses to protect policy making from tobacco industry interference. The FCTC commits … attempting to disrupt policies that would protect citizens from the harms their products cause. 1 They have made … Prime Minister Luxon “The issue very simply is, when you remove distribution points just to 600 across the country, …
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The hardening hypothesis for smoking – but does the evidence point to “softening” in NZ?
… among the smoking population over time. However, studies from a variety of countries that have looked at these … (1-11). The most recent international evidence comes from a Dutch study which found that in repeated … year, and had no intention to quit within 6 months) fell from 41% in 2001 to 32% in 2012 (12). Another recent study …
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Media release: Evidence shows wider benefits of free school lunches
… no evidence to support it. However in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre , University of … Hawke’s Bay argue that in addition to published findings from Ka Ora, Ka Ako evaluations, there is international … in Hawke’s Bay. “This study has found evidence of improved food security, enhanced equity, increased appreciation of …
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Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation
… NZ Medical Journal that tried to answer that question from a NZ public health perspective. In this blog we discuss … (e.g., tobacco tax increases [2,3]) and a healthier food environment (prices, marketing controls, and healthier … But in particular we reported that there is some evidence from systematic reviews that: (i) computer-based and other …
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How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?
… this FIZZ Symposium, we were asked to estimate the revenue from such a tax – which we outline here, and estimate to be … or jurisdictions have put in place a sugary drink tax, and from 1 January 2018 the UK will implement a tiered levy based … Ni Mhurchu C, Eyles H, Schilling C, et al. Food Prices and Consumer Demand: Differences across Income …
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The Omicron waves – Comparing Aotearoa NZ and Australia in four key graphs
… health measures established to protect New Zealanders from Covid-19, the country is still experiencing its worst … population ( figure 1 ). Figure 1 covers the period from July 2021 of the Covid-19 pandemic, and is likely a … on 22 March overall, with most individual DHBs peaking from 8 to 31 March). Auckland’s peak is also substantially …
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Where do the parties stand? A low carbon, healthy transport system
… to the survey and, where possible, we gathered information from the other two. The results of asking political parties … but inequitable. Parts of the population are excluded from the benefits that transport brings (e.g. access to … and to whānau connections), suffer disproportionately from the adverse health consequences of the transport system …
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Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ
… mosquito: A disease vector successfully eliminated from NZ At the Public Health Congress in Auckland last week, … (with this disease once threatening the livelihood and food security of millions of people in the Middle East, … dollars eliminating the southern saltmarsh mosquito from sites around the coast (this insect is a vector for Ross …
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Smokefree Aotearoa – world-leading developments with profound public health implications
… and opportunities . In response to a recommendation from the Māori Affairs Select Committee of the New Zealand … Smokefree 2025 goal. Despite this, and sustained advocacy from the smokefree and public health sectors, successive … was a slow decline in smoking prevalence (see figure): from 2011/12-2019/20 current smoking prevalence fell from …
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What does recent biomarker literature say about the likely harm from e-cigarettes?
… levels in e-cigarette users (vapers) are compared to those from tobacco smokers. The results are highly variable but all … biomarker studies? Estimating the potential harm to health from using e-cigarettes is very complex given the ongoing … breath or urine), were more likely to capture the impacts from what vapers actually inhale than studies of just …
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