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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … to smoked tobacco; we discuss their efforts to infiltrate public health agendas while continuing to innovate with smoked … free.   Tobacco companies’ sustained deceit of the general public, particularly people who smoke, is a matter of public …
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  • Retailing of vaping products – New NZ Research

    … Members of the public health community hold divergent views on how access to vaping … should be carefully regulated to minimise adverse public health outcomes. At the same time as considering the …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … smokefree laws , against  scientific evidence and  public opinion . Its alternative plan for achieving the Smokefree 2025 goal remains unclear. … tobacco but are addictive and are associated with oral health problems and several cancers including oral, …
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  • Making the most of masks

    … Masks and vaccination have a central role in minimising the health and economic impact of COVID-19, regardless of the … outbreak of the COVID-19 Delta variant continues, and the public becomes eager to move out of lockdown, the need to … move down Alert Levels is through universal masking by the public. Evidence that universal masking works The primary …
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  • Media release: Unaffordable home heating increases risk of severe mental distress

    … heat your home can not only lead to poor physical health but can also increase the risk of severe mental health … according to new overseas research. University of Otago Public Health senior researcher, Dr Kimberley O’Sullivan, has … subjective wellbeing or life satisfaction. In the latest Public Health Communication Briefing , Dr O’Sullivan says in …
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  • The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree

    … Tiriti o Waitangi the Government is obliged to protect the health and wellbeing of Māori. It is further obligated under … this will be enough to achieve the goal of preventing recruitment of new rangatahi nicotine addicts and thus meet … free). Are we doing enough? The key principles of public health are described by Williams et al (19) and …
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  • Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals

    … of alcohol, and also adjudicates on complaints made by the public when advertisers breach the code. The ASA exemplifies … described. In Aotearoa, alcohol results in a wide range of health and social harms affecting both drinkers and … harm, 5. Our failure to protect children, 6. Strong public support for change. Accumulated evidence of the causal …
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  • Severe weather events linked to outbreaks of crypto in Aotearoa – New study

    … the Resource Management Act, the Government reiterated its plan to deprioritise drinking water protections by changing … and water quality to be prioritized in policy to protect public health. The Government should be discouraged from its plans …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … levels of exposure, and creating an Aotearoa Occupational Health Service, with a focus on establishing lifetime access … Zealand is markedly hampered by the lack of a dedicated public agency or service for occupational health. Such a … to at least one carcinogen at any level.  Implications for public health The NZCS is an important step to improve the …
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  • Expansion of “green zones” may provide a chance for the global eradication of COVID-19

    … advances. Perhaps most surprisingly, was that traditional public health and social measures (PHSMs) could stop the spread of a … NZ). Progressive elimination and eradication offers huge public health benefits [6]. Firstly, prevention of disease …
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