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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … has released a factsheet outlining plans to “crack down” on youth vaping. Proposals include introducing a licensing … who had not previously smoked. A recent Ministry of Health report pooling 2021 and 2022 NZHS data supports these … reduce the availability of vaping products and deserves credit for recognising its past policy has been inadequate . …
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  • Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’

    … and wellbeing from Gabrielle – which includes impacts on mental health and a major economic burden to the country. … to Cyclone Gabrielle than the current inquiry focused on forestry slash and land use. Some of the potential policy … vulnerable to flooding and slips (as per a recent Report by Prof Jonathan Boston 7 ). Fortunately, the Prime …
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  • Public health priorities in this election year

    … made by those in power will have wide-ranging effects on the health and well-being of all New Zealanders and the … community regeneration, the housing system is now under considerable pressure, not only due to the ongoing … in Aotearoa and the release of the latest synthesis report from the IPCC this week. Upcoming articles will look …
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  • Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal

    … The new NZ Government is to be congratulated for working on an Action Plan towards achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa … largely derived from interventions recommend in the ASAP Report, which was prepared by a broad-based collaborative … However, we also note that the impacts of this Bill on smoking prevalence require monitoring and in the longer …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Simple transport system changes could quickly relieve the crisis in our hospitals

    … at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly. Image by Alistair Woodward The … This means we have an opportunity to relieve pressures on general practice and hospitals almost immediately through action on transport.    Although changing infrastructure and the …
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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 products or electronic nicotine … availability of ENDS and related products. We first draw on related research into smoked tobacco products and then … the potential effect of widespread availability on youth uptake, we also need to consider smokers’ …
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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … higher than in comparable countries (see Appendix ). Based on overseas evidence, it is likely that most of these teens … hit of nicotine, whether smoked or vaped, acts directly on the nicotinic receptors on dopamine neurons, which in turn fire up the nucleus …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … to poor housing conditions. In this blog post, we draw on recently published research to gain insights about housing … assessor will check out the home, offer tailored advice on heating and ventilation, and provide items such as beds, … of asking for improvements if the tenancy relationship was under stress: “ they won’t want to address it with the …
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  • Introducing an Online Data Explorer Tool: 30 years of NZ mortality and cancer data

    … and health practitioners to access high quality data on these vital, population-level health statistics. Examples … and the public health community has been reliant on reports and research publications to gain access to the … rates are used to model the cost-effectiveness and impact on mortality inequalities of tobacco control interventions …
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  • Reducing the health burden from contaminated drinking water in NZ: Opportunities arising from the new Water Services Bill

    … study 2 ). There is also emerging epidemiological evidence on the relationship between water contamination and chronic … Water Standards are issued by the Ministry of Health under the Health Act 1956 but there are also clauses in the … result of the Health and Disability System Review, 8 whose report was released on 16 June. In addition, the WSB is part …
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