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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 … efficacy and marketing to come in subsequent briefings.  What are oral tobacco products? Oral tobacco products include … on social media without appropriate health warnings. Does New Zealand need more nicotine products? Evidence that …
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  • Lessons from Canada for NZ: Carbon, Cycling, Tobacco, Nutrition and Cannabis

    … Canada has a number of progressive public policies which can influence health. In … briefly look at 6 potential lessons for NZ in the domains of: (i) responding to climate change; (ii) supporting … Government (and local governments in NZ) need to determine what are their own health and social priorities. Local …
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  • Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?

    …   Figure 1. Map of current tobacco retailers in New Zealand (n=6000) How can we achieve the 2025 goal of a smokefree nation? The best approach to this tobacco … rises, a sinking lid on tobacco imports, denicotinisation of tobacco products, etc. In this blog we consider the option …
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  • Social advantage associated with greenhouse emissions from transport in Aotearoa

    … and prevent the adverse health and other consequences of climate change. However, we need to make sure emissions … in household transport greenhouse gas emissions. What we found Our findings are unambiguous: the more affluent … is required to facilitate this dual transformation. What this Briefing adds People who live in the least deprived …
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  • Five years on, Covid-19 remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response

    … low for the first two years, followed by three years of widespread transmission with mitigation measures aiming to … 8 How to respond to the ongoing pandemic We know what works to reduce the harms from Covid-19. Above all, we … an ongoing threat to individual and societal wellbeing. What this Briefing adds Covid-19 first arrived in NZ in Feb …
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  • Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … first immunisation event. They are a safe, effective way of protecting hapū māmā (pregnant people) and pēpi (babies) … and the United States. Importantly, although the risk of these diseases is highest among Māori, Pacific Peoples, … immunisation coverage and health outcomes for whānau.  What's new in this briefing? Maternal immunisation coverage …
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  • Getting through together: ethical values for a pandemic

    … to impose restrictive measures and to protect ourselves does not conflict with fairness, respect, and … Getting Through Together already provides a statement of shared values which can be used to guide a wide range of … how we make decisions (see Table 1) and those informing what decisions we make (Table 2).  At each phase of our …
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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … New Zealand is higher than in comparable countries — 15% of 15-17 year olds vape every day. Nicotine causes minimal … (or will soon be) experiencing nicotine addiction. 3 How does nicotine addiction happen? Each hit of nicotine, whether … after addiction may thus require a lifetime of vigilance. What are the effects of nicotine addiction on young people? …
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  • The Smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not

    … decisions will be “based on data and evidence”. Yet, one of the coalition government’s proposed actions – to repeal … in lost income due to cardiovascular disease alone. 8 So what “evidence” has the coalition put forward to justify … higher excise taxes or plain packaging. 9 Not only does the evidence indicate no change in the illicit market, …
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  • A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model – guiding better housing and urban development

    … Consequently Māori make up a significant proportion of public housing tenants. Developing and managing housing … associated neighbourhoods that support Māori wellbeing is of critical importance. To help the movement toward … to fulfil its potential as an enabler of Māori wellbeing. What is new in this briefing? We present A …
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