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  • Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle

    … Public health experts are issuing a call to action for New Zealand to strengthen its pandemic preparedness efforts in response … response strategies, say the authors of a new Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . At the …
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  • From across the Ditch: How Australia has to decide on the least worst option for COVID-19

    … Australia owes a debt of gratitude to its pandemic modellers, public health officials and … we will avoid tens of thousands of deaths – but we have to stay in this state of near-lockdown for as long as it takes … Otago colleagues in Wellington.   … From across the Ditch: How Australia has to decide on the least worst option for …
    Briefing

  • Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … and more time spent indoors in autumn. Extrapolating from hospitalisations and deaths in the last 12 weeks would … wave of infection is an opportunity for health authorities to remind New Zealanders about the benefits of vaccination … and the value of measures for reducing transmission to others, notably through self-isolation when sick and …
    Briefing

  • The 5000 annual deaths caused by smoking also matter

    … life caused by road accidents yet pay almost no attention to the equally tragic loss of life caused by the tobacco … products seem to merit so little attention. We consider how this narrative has arisen, explain why it is incorrect, … recognise that young people have a right to be protected from an industry that has worked deviously to ensnare them in …
    Briefing

  • Getting through together: ethical values for a pandemic

    … Public health responses to infectious diseases such as COVID-19 require us to draw on … 5 ‘manage it post-peak’, and finally phase 6 ‘recover from it’. Getting Through Together , written by the National … at two sets of values for decision-making: those informing how we make decisions (see Table 1) and those informing what …
    Briefing

  • Good news on declining smoking rates, especially for Māori. Is it credible? What next?

    … Smoking rates have fallen in the 2013 Census compared to the 2006 Census (from 20.7% to 15.1% in adults aged 15+). The results … not a survey, but involves measuring the whole population. How to accelerate progress to Smokefree 2025 But how might …
    Briefing

  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … should stop and the quality and honesty of communication to women must improve. We would also go one step further and … There is disagreement about the validity of evidence from the individual randomised controlled trials (RCTs), … are two issues here; which information to present and how to present it. Firstly, what information should we use? …
    Briefing

  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … consumption. Arguments about growth in illicit trade come from tobacco companies but are given new life whenever … and media commentators echo them. Instead, plans to repeal our smoke-free legislation should be reversed to … control regimen, it would not increase but decline. How is the size of the illicit tobacco market measured? …
    Briefing

  • How should we manage the harm caused by tobacco product waste?

    … were first introduced in the 1950s and 60s, in response to growing evidence that smoking caused lung cancer and other … the market share of filtered cigarette brands grew rapidly from 1955 onwards, while the share of non-filtered brands … tobacco product waste (TPW) exists, we know little about how the general public perceives this problem or what they …
    Briefing

  • The Smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not

    … Minister has repeatedly said the Government is committed to addressing the tobacco epidemic and that it will follow … the number of retail outlets where tobacco can be sold from around 6000 to no more than 600; Denicotinisation, or … NZ’s approach, which has already inspired global change . How much harm will this decision cause? Every year, 5000 New …
    Briefing

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