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  • Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the Smokefree Aotearoa proposals

    … published a discussion document outlining an Action Plan for the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and has invited … that these are the only smoked tobacco products available for sale in New Zealand. This innovative policy could … tackles a major gap in the current regulatory regime for tobacco products:  that the design and constituents of …
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  • Clean ups are not enough: Government policy incoherent on climate change

    … (NZ) to use evidence to support communities to rebuild for increased resilience in the face of climate change. … hundreds of homes damaged, many severely. 1 The Minister for Emergency Management, Mark Mitchell, said it was “another … waiting to update the modelling thereby placing existing houses downstream at increased flood risk. If all you have to …
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  • Is Keytruda for advanced melanoma cost-effective? Applying the BODE3 rapid cost effectiveness calculator

    … on the effectiveness of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) is mostly for patients either failing on ipilimumab, or compared to … of the drug, they considered the uncertainty too great for a strong recommendation to fund. In particular, some of … allows rapid cost-effectiveness analyses of a treatment for a cancer with pre-populated data (from us) on survival, …
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  • The need for an updated strategic approach to Covid-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … Aotearoa NZ was clearly using an elimination strategy for Covid-19 control. Also, the Government had released (in … was also based on continuing the elimination strategy (for at least the short-term), while achieving high vaccine … has shifted to a “regional suppression” strategy for Auckland, while still trying for “regional elimination” …
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  • Longer-term harm from Covid-19 in children: The evidence suggests greater efforts are needed to protect children in Aotearoa NZ from infection

    … of the evidence. These findings indicate to us the need for a precautionary approach in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) … infected during the current Omicron outbreak. Protections for children could include improvements to ventilation, mask use, and vaccine equity, and a lower threshold for closing schools and early childhood facilities with …
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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … The Ministry of Health has a very user friendly tool for accessing Health Survey data , including for trends over time. Using this tool, body mass index (BMI) … statistically significant increases over the last 10 years for both Māori and European/Other. But are these increases …
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  • Can pandemic threats justify border closure for island nations like NZ?

    … Countries prepare for future pandemic risks because of pandemic influenza, … of pandemic influenza: in various Pacific islands (5) and for US military bases (6). Also it seems biologically … attempting border closure could become a rational choice for island nations like NZ. That is especially if that …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … hazardous to health – an increased hazard was also found for low intakes of salt (i.e., a “J-shaped” or “U-shaped” … estimated to be one of the top two dietary risk factors for disease burden identified in the massive Global Burden of … has also been included in the top five priority actions for non-communicable disease (NCD) control internationally …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … hours from ordering. This Briefing summarises the evidence for potential harm that this easy access may contribute to. … years) are disproportionately impacted by this harm. 6-8 For Māori, this is partly due to the impact of colonisation … studies demonstrating poor age verification, no liability for third-party delivery services, and widespread access. 11 …
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  • Food taxes and subsidies will probably protect health & reduce inequalities – but the devil is in the detail

    … Timely, in light of the launch last week of Appetite for Destruction that is focusing public attention on our food … with economic theory – and data about price impacts for other consumer goods such as tobacco. This suggests – but does not prove for reasons we outline below – that taxes on ‘unhealthy’ …
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