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  • Artificially sweetened beverages: What does the latest evidence tell us on health benefits versus harm?

    … Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is an important current … issue internationally. One suggested strategy is for people to swap to artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs). … primary factor in the development of dental erosion [11]. Many ASBs are harmful to teeth because of their acidity and …
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  • NZ should prepare for a potentially severe global coronavirus pandemic

    … plan, with a particular focus on ‘keep it out’. NZ has many natural and institutional advantages in managing this … (albeit less than SARS). However, the exact risk for people currently infected will not be known for weeks to … more of these cases who are currently hospitalised could die – again pushing up the true CFR. On the other hand the …
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  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … logical or empirical foundation. 1 Repeated often enough, many people may come to believe these claims,   as in Aotearoa New … control regimen, it would not increase but decline. How is the size of the illicit tobacco market measured? …
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  • What does the novel coronavirus epidemic mean for New Zealand?

    … might do in response to protect both its own citizens and people living in those Pacific Island nations where the major … the questions we need to answer about this new threat, how information is shared globally, what this event might … those who are elderly and have underlying illness, with many cases hospitalised with severe pneumonia. This …
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  • COVID-19 in Aotearoa: what does public health do now?

    … made an incredible contribution to minimising the impact of COVID-19 in Aotearoa. But the work for public health is … pandemic, the challenge now is to be bold and clear about how we prioritise our public health resources and effort … and hospitalisations with COVID-19. We will have more people with COVID-19 at risk of deteriorating and dying at …
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  • Oral nicotine products: Expanding the nicotine marketplace

    … Summary Faced with declining use of their smoked tobacco products, tobacco companies have … be imported for personal use. In this Briefing, we examine how ONP marketing in Aotearoa has targeted young people, despite tobacco companies’ claim these products …
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  • Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations?

    … narratives to oppose evidence-based policies. Use of these narratives by members of the coalition Government …   Dr Shane Reti, Minister of Health (overall) Asked how he knew there would be an increase in ram raids as a … those dairy owners as part of their revenue - all of those people who are law-abiding and don't break any other rules - …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … the public health implications of Lime e-scooters, review how policy makers could maximise the potentially desirable … suggests its e-scooters will reduce traffic congestion as people will switch from driving cars or motorcycles and … people not to block footpaths when parking their scooter , many riders take no heed of this request. Evidence of …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … from randomised controlled trials (RCTs), show that people who smoke and are provided with denicotinised … felt less addicted and more in control of their smoking. Many thought that if only denicotinised cigarettes were … The table summarises their key points and proposes how the policy could be operationalised in NZ. Table: …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there?

    … In this blog we discuss the arguments for and against one of the proposals included in the Smokefree 2025 Action Plan … pharmacies will increase smoking cessation support to people who smoke. It may also maximise the reduction in … and pharmacies would be well-placed to provide support to people who smoke if these were the only settings where …
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