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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 … Cancer (IARC), has recently evaluated the carcinogenicity of consuming red and processed meat (1). Over 400 different …
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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … Authority (EPA) chose not to accept the assessment of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) … attempt to justify what happened gives a muddled account of risk assessment, and misrepresents her own Authority’s … as the EPA is about to undertake an expanded review of hazardous substances in New Zealand. Figure 1: 3D …
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  • Can pandemic threats justify border closure for island nations like NZ?

    … Countries prepare for future pandemic risks because of pandemic influenza, novel emerging infectious agents and … published in a journal, we explored the costs and benefits of complete border closure in NZ in response to new pandemic … some very severe pandemic scenarios where rapid closure of NZ’s border could provide overall societal benefit – even …
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  • Politicians in Aotearoa NZ live longer than other Kiwis and the gap keeps widening

    … A just published study examined the lifespan of politicians in 11 high-income democratic countries – … matched) and this gap has been growing since 1950. One of the likely reasons is the lower smoking rate of NZ politicians compared to the rest of the population. …
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  • Monkeypox has arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand: what is the level of risk and how do we manage it?

    … The global outbreak of monkeypox has for the first time caused widespread … in NZ itself.   We are experiencing a global outbreak of monkeypox which has for the first time caused widespread … include Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) following the diagnosis of our first case on Saturday 9 July 2022 1 . The Covid-19 …
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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … In this blog, we explore how allocating a proportion of tobacco tax revenue to assist smokers, and funding other … help avoid unintended outcomes and support continuation of an effective policy intervention. As the last scheduled … which could stimulate switching from smoking to vaping . Research has also examined whether offering smokers …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims

    … 2025 goal and proposes substantially reducing the number of retailers selling tobacco. In this blog, we examine … relating to those claims. We find that predictions of dire economic consequences for small retailers are not … Achieving a substantial reduction in the number of outlets selling tobacco is likely to improve population …
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  • Debate on ultra-processed foods shouldn’t derail good dietary advice

    … is mounting linking ultra-processed foods (UPF) to risk of chronic disease. Typically, UPF are foods that are … UPF.  Categorising foods according to the type and extent of processing can help us understand the healthfulness of individual foods, diets and the food supply system. …
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  • Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes

    … generally favour a regulatory approach (given the lack of evidence for an industry-controlled process and voluntary codes (1)), the current review of the voluntary Advertising Codes in NZ does present another … for the food industry to show they do want to be part of the solution to reduce New Zealand’s unacceptably high …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … There is growing frustration with lack of robust action and progress at the national level with the … 2025 goal. However, it is not all bad news. A major avenue of hope for a smokefree Aotearoa comes from the enthusiastic efforts by local coalitions of local government, NGOs and iwi. Here we detail some of the …
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