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  • Making tobacco less available is both necessary and feasible – New NZ study

    … In our recently published work, we studied the impact of the NZ Government preventing new retail outlets … products being brought onto the market and governments are faced with the daunting task of regulating them. Should … of retailers should be permitted to sell them and under what conditions? These are crucial questions to ask in …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … Minister Jenny Salesa announced the Government’s long-awaited Smokefree Environments and … to strike a balance between ensuring regulated products are available to smokers wishing to quit, while at the same … that currently apply to smoked tobacco products, to what are now known as “regulated products”. For example, …
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  • New study on going smokefree – major economic gains for NZ society with manageable costs for government

    … Summary This Briefing details our just published study on the economics of Aotearoa NZ’s smokefree endgame policy … of options for addressing such revenue shortfalls that are far more appropriate than perversely relying on tobacco … final unformatted manuscript is freely available here . What this new study did We used a well-established tobacco …
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  • A 100 years ago today – the likely first NZ death from the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Jennifer Summers, Prof Michael Baker The 1918 influenza pandemic began to kill New Zealanders 100 … of future influenza pandemics? Absolutely – since there are typically several influenza pandemics per century, … those conducting research into bioweapon defence). What should be done by the NZ Government and by individuals? …
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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … We have assembled a collection of 35 high quality movies as part of public health teaching for medical students. In this blog post we detail the movies and reflect on some of the aspects that make them … diseases globally, movies on nutrition and food systems are very relevant. They include: Fed Up (2014), Food, Inc. …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action

    … A new report reveals the troubling state of New Zealand’s food environment due to … Food environments influence the food we buy and eat, so are a key intervention area for improving population … market 5 . A recent study of the fast-food supply found what we all expected; a lot of products were high in energy …
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  • Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table

    … This blog introduces league tables, and more specifically the NZ-specific BODE 3  Interactive League Table, for … and policy-makers to get an informed ‘first impression’ of what are the best health interventions to give further …
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  • Vaccination is often cost-effective but not (currently) HPV vaccination for boys in NZ

    … study we have done and blogged on . But given that the Australian Government is now providing fully subsidised … female-only or both-sex HPV vaccination. It captured the benefits of HPV vaccination on a wide range of future health … (73% uptake) for girls, only becomes cost-effective if we are prepared to spend NZ$247,000 per QALY gained. And if we …
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  • Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies

    … Two recent studies provide new insights into the impact vaping may have on public health. The first … product legislation [6] [7], we argue the regulations are inadequate, given the findings of two new studies … – but of lesser magnitude than previous work [11]. What might these findings mean for advancing smoking and …
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  • Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next

    … series of seven annual tobacco tax increases, typically at the 10% level, will end in January 2016 unless it is extended … the NZ Government. In this blog we take a timely look at what is known about tobacco tax increases in this country, … ( see the series of ASH Year 10 Surveys ). Such patterns are consistent with the extensive international literature on …
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