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  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … Untreated hearing loss is a large direct cause of disability and is associated with increased risk of social isolation, depression and anxiety. Māori are at risk of greater unmet needs in hearing health care in … to increase access to hearing healthcare and to reduce the risk and consequences of social isolation. Figure 1. This …
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  • Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality

    … Summary The Government, and almost everyone considering how to … risk-proportionate. The main price regulatory measures are excise taxes and GST; the latter applies to all nicotine … on the goal adopted by the National Government in 2011.    What this Briefing adds There is broad consensus for …
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  • What does the novel coronavirus epidemic mean for New Zealand?

    … Star Times opinion piece (26/1/2020) by this author on the current coronavirus situation. It also explores what New Zealand might do in response to protect both its own … Pacific Island nations where the major transport links are through New Zealand airports. The emerging coronavirus …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … intense public health controls to eradicate COVID-19 from the country – we must also plan for other scenarios where thousands of New Zealanders are sick – including many urgently hospitalised. 1 Better … have beneficial flow-on effects through the health system. What is the relation between alcohol and ED use? About 10% of …
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  • The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?

    … In this time of Covid-19, helping people who smoke to quit their addiction has an even greater importance. Smokers are more vulnerable to many harmful health effects, including severe effects from the virus. Policies that support people who smoke to be …
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  • Capitalising on NZ’s linked data by increasing IT and researcher capacity: Opportunity is knocking

    … Conversely, NZ has some key barriers to overcome to make the best use of that data – most importantly, data systems … consider these opportunities and barriers.  We believe we are at a moment in time when a major centralized investment … the benefits we can get from our data resources. So what are the barriers and gaps? First, researcher capacity …
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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … The public will soon have the opportunity to make submissions … 2025 researchers summarised the strengths and limitations of the Bill, and concluded that it contained several … it is important that non-smokers, particularly youth, are not attracted to either NGPs or smoked tobacco products. …
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  • Ethnic inequalities in mortality in NZ and how to reduce them further

    … mortality rates, over time, for Māori, Pacific peoples and the European/Other ethnic group, there are still striking mortality gaps that need to be addressed. … so for Māori females. Some favourable progress – but what can still be done? While the decline in all-cause …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … Summary  The government appears poised to allow the sale of oral … nicotine replacement therapy and vaping products are already widely available as alternatives for people who … efficacy and marketing to come in subsequent briefings.  What are oral tobacco products? Oral tobacco products include …
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  • Proposed Emissions Reduction Plan: A weak response to a weak target

    … Summary  The government has released its second greenhouse gas … trading and technological advances, the latter of which are highly speculative and uncertain. Even if the proposed … put Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) on track” (see Appendix ).  What does the proposed second Emission Reduction Plan …
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