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  • Making tobacco less available is both necessary and feasible – New NZ study

    … tobacco from 2020, while allowing existing retail outlets to continue selling it until they closed or relocated. The … to outlets selling tobacco is associated with higher youth smoking, increased smoking among established smokers , …  We came up with a hypothetical policy that could help reduce the number of shops that sold tobacco here. The policy …
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  • Reducing the spread of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand, action is long overdue!

    … Zealand College of General Practitioners, should set goals to strongly encourage sustained cumulative reductions in … without adverse consequences.  Failure to dramatically reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in NZ will impose … to penicillin in Streptococcus pneumoniae (the most important cause of pneumonia, otitis media and bacterial …
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  • Treaty Principles Bill threatens public health and equity: It needs your submission

    … and reducing social cohesion; Reducing rights of Māori to develop and lead public health solutions; Reducing … of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and would remove an  important legal and policy mechanism for recognising Māori … services must not only treat their patients equitably but be equitably accessible and equitably funded. Why this …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … Zealanders, and we know which interventions are required to ensure good quality housing that supports health. Healthy … the good news is that there are effective interventions to reduce the harm caused by poor housing. These include: … to improve the housing of Well Homes clients. It will be important to see whether they do. . The perspectives of Well …
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  • Long Covid: High economic burden justifies further preventive efforts

    … In Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) this GDP loss would translate to around NZ$2 billion per year. We need robust local data … the NZ Government can take immediate action to reduce this joint health and economic burden by improving … in Aotearoa comes from findings that Long Covid imposes an important burden on worker productivity. The Long COVID …
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  • Vaping very likely to be improving health in NZ – but how does this compare with other options?

    … just published modelling study suggests that easier access to nicotine via vaping as a replacement for tobacco smoking, … rates), as well as the risks (eg, some uptake of vaping by youth who would have otherwise remained smokefree and … on dose and other aspects; and on regulations that may reduce youth uptake of vaping [1]. Some of us have published …
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  • How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?

    … briefing prepared for this FIZZ Symposium, we were asked to estimate the revenue from such a tax – which we outline … blog ), UK plans , and a New Zealand Treasury Report . But in this blog, we focus on the questions of “how much tax … data for this category. Because taxing something will reduce its consumption, the tax revenue will arise only from …
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  • World moving forward on the smokefree generation - Aotearoa NZ goes backwards

    … this policy, thus ensuring children for generations to come will be protected from addiction to smoking. In this … challenges, and explain why the Government has missed an important opportunity to protect future generations' health … Until March 2024, NZ had a  comprehensive strategy to reduce smoking prevalence and the SFG would have followed …
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  • NZ’s long-running Campylobacter epidemic from poultry: Now with antibiotic resistance

    … with contaminated fresh poultry the major source. Added to this problem is the recent rapid emergence of antibiotic … information about Campylobacter contamination and how to reduce the risk; and (iv) encourage consumers to switch to … of Campylobacter contaminated poultry would be one of many important steps that NZ could take. The large persisting …
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  • The cost burden of excess weight in New Zealand: Sizing up a new report

    … Economic Impact of Excess Weight in Aotearoa all the more important. The report was commissioned by Hapai Te Hauora and … care costs and population size, so it is very valuable to have some up-to-date data on the costs of overweight and … regularly lament New Zealand’s low productivity levels but we rarely hear about how a healthier working population …
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