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  • Beyond unhelpful dichotomies: a co-regulatory approach to protecting children from junk food marketing

    … children’s poor health due to diet-related diseases. It is a good time to reflect not only on the content of those … about who is involved or the governance arrangements can be pretty fuzzy (2, 3). Co-regulation could be a … Involve the right people — Right, NZ Government, you must start with involving the advertising authorities, industry …
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  • What does the EY Tobacco Excise Tax Evaluation Report mean for reaching the Smokefree 2025 Goal?

    … of Health, which evaluated tobacco excise tax increases as a strategy for achieving the Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal … case for hypothecation i.e. since tobacco excise taxes can impose a financial burden on disadvantaged smokers who … to adopt such recommendations in an official plan and start implementing the required policies and interventions. …
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  • Tobacco product innovation in a smokefree world. Oxymoron or commercial cynicism?

    … and Philip Gendall Major tobacco companies have presented a vision of a smokefree world, where smoking prevalence has fallen to … and smokefree advocates to work collaboratively with a well-resourced industry to achieve a common goal.  Yet, …
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  • An upgraded Alert Level 2 is urgently needed to address the Delta Variant threat

    … are mask use in all indoor environments, and creating a Level 2+ that keeps the highest risk indoor environments … intense lockdowns (whether regional or nationwide) can be effective in dealing with Delta variant outbreaks when … are critical for the prevention of Covid-19 transmission. Simple measures such as opening of windows should be routine …
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  • Children and young people and COVID-19: The urgent need for improved guidance in NZ

    … children and young people in the Auckland outbreak may be a preview of what an uncontrolled COVID-19 pandemic would … children to make and use masks. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a new pathogen, requiring pandemic response strategies to be … children remains unclear currently, but uptake by children can help to normalise mask-wearing in communities (as happens …
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  • Should NZ spend relatively more health resources on improving men’s health?

    … poorer male health. It then discusses if there is a plausible case for shifting more of the available health … key data has been produced by the Ministry of Health in a Major Report on health loss published last year. From the … (8.9 years vs 11.5 years). In other words males spend a slightly higher proportion of their shorter lives in good …
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  • It’s been 3 years since COVID entered New Zealand – here are 3 ways to improve our response

    … disability from long Covid.  Available evidence supports a strategy that suppresses Covid infection to reduce the … infectious disease programme offers co-benefits as it can also decrease rates of influenza and other respiratory … Cost-effectiveness analysis and integrated surveillance can support the selection and equitable delivery of an …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … to its relatively high cost at NZ$5). All loaves made in a home bread-making machine (Photography: Pascale Otis). This blog reports on a study we just published on optimising the design of bread … should ideally be modelled before any implementation so it can be compared with other possible interventions). Even …
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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … media handle #tobaccoexposed reminds us that, despite a new-found interest in ‘ unsmoking ’ the world, and moving … of the general public, particularly people who smoke, is a matter of public record, as too are failed promises to stop … fatal, diseases.[2] The overall aim, neatly summarised in a PR strategy as “doubt is our product”,[3, 4] was …
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  • Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying

    … Minister Shane Jones admitted taking “ soundings ” from a tobacco company staff member, dismissing his obligations … there was only “weak evidence” of snus’s effectiveness as a smoking cessation tool and noted that snus may increase the … oral nicotine products, such as nicotine pouches, can provide, and the critical role that the proposed …
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