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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 tobacco and nicotine products in Aotearoa New Zealand … NZ-specific promotion since early 2024. Deregulation of these products has uncertain benefits for New Zealanders, … tobacco but are addictive and are associated with oral health problems and several cancers including oral, …
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  • New modelling on the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in NZ associated with arriving travellers

    … our just published modelling work on estimating the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks associated with air travel to NZ. We … 14-day quarantine are still required. With the spread of more infectious SARS-CoV-2 variants it is critical that … scientific risk assessment is used for NZ and all aspects of border control are optimised for the differing risk posed …
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  • Vaccination is often cost-effective but not (currently) HPV vaccination for boys in NZ

    … for boys. Here we put these results into a wider context of vaccination – which is often, but not always, a good use of limited health sector resources.   Similar to many developed …
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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 both the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the WHO Framework …
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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … In this blog, we explore how allocating a proportion of tobacco tax revenue to assist smokers, and funding other … help avoid unintended outcomes and support continuation of an effective policy intervention. As the last scheduled … and smoking prevalence, and could bring profound health benefits, 6 it is also important to consider the …
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  • Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … for infrastructure, but there is still a shortage of habitable safe housing for low-income households. … an inclusive, more equitable society. The rapidity of climate change bringing wilder weather requires not only … housing deprivation often experience further debilitating health consequences, with impacts on their education and …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … An Independent Inquiry is now investigating the cause of the water-borne outbreak caused by Campylobacter in … not miss the opportunity to think up-stream, on the scale of water catchments, agricultural economies and climate … not just for reasons of taste, but also, possibly, for health reasons (such as risks associated with chlorinated …
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  • Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes

    … bottom line is that such a tax would probably be good for health of all groups in NZ, but particularly the poorest New … not have as large an impact on health as, say, reduction of salt in processed food or food reformulation to reduce …
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  • The hardening hypothesis for smoking – but does the evidence point to “softening” in NZ?

    … among those quitting. If true it would support the views of the people who say to me with wearying regularity when I … and hence the hypothesis can be tested. The population of smokers could become: (i) more highly addicted (eg, … (eg, more poor smokers, more smokers with mental health conditions). The net effect should be a reduced rate …
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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … Pricing is one of the most potent influences on consumers’ behaviour. … to implement tobacco excise taxes, which raise the price of tobacco thus reducing tobacco consumption and smoking … have played an important role in reducing smoking in NZ. Health Committee members considering submissions on the …
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