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  • Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes

    … topic. The bottom line is that such a tax would probably be good for health of all groups in NZ, but particularly the … (e.g. water, milk or diet fizzy drinks), and seem to be a sensible first step for food taxes if as a society we … tax should reduce health inequalities – and may also not be too regressive as a tax. If you do not like math, then …
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  • NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States

    … 19 4 0.3 542 * The NZ deaths from COVID-19 need to be considered in the context of the decline in weekly deaths … [3]. ** The reported case numbers for the US are likely to be major under-estimates. Eg, the true number of infected cases based on sero-survey data could be over 10 times higher than reported cases [4]. *** The true …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … by providing a source of nicotine that is likely to be less physically harmful than cigarettes. However, evidence … (e.g. oesophageal and pancreatic cancer), it is likely to be less physically harmful than cigarettes. 1 2 However, … CI 1.05 to 1.82]) but these findings were considered to be at high risk of bias due to lack of adjustment for …
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  • Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?

    … buying take-away alcohol after 10pm are more likely to be heavier drinkers. 10  Recent evidence suggests outlet … LAP by judicial review; the court confirmed that LAPs can be based on community preference and a likelihood (rather … has been substantially reduced, councils should now be able to adopt stronger LAPs that support equitable harm …
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  • To ensure success of the trans-Tasman travel “green zone”, we need to reduce system failures at the NZ border

    … Appendix). Nevertheless, this latter figure is likely to be a large underestimate as some of those who test positive … not published on the Ministry’s website). What needs to be done to upgrade the NZ border The NZ border measures have … on reducing Covid-19 infection risk behaviours, could be strengthened with enhancements to the MIQ booking system …
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  • Death rates dropping – it is a good time to be alive

    … rates and they will say ‘going up’. That may or may not be true for incidence (i.e. getting cancer in the first … to a mix of changing incidence ( remainder of report can be found here ) (prevention) and improving survival … probably accounts for far more deaths (e.g. many IHD will be due to diabetes), so we have to treat this trend …
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  • Changes in mobility in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: NZ vs other countries and the stories it suggests

    … not drop as instantaneously when strict measures began to be introduced. Italy initiated lock-down as a response to an … of active case numbers in Sweden is far from what might be desired. Source: … Zealand’s elimination strategy succeeds – there will then be the opportunity to phase down the restrictions. And we …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action

    … Strategy for Aotearoa, and recommend that policies be mandatory for substantial and enduring change to food … Health Star Rating, and in 2018 the HSR was more likely to be displayed on healthier products. We were impressed that … checkout that was free of junk food. What still needs to be done to improve food environments? The public health …
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  • The Smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not

    … evidence; both coalition agreements declare decisions will be “based on data and evidence”. Yet, one of the coalition … : Limiting the number of retail outlets where tobacco can be sold from around 6000 to no more than 600; … work has also identified the increased income that could be gained if smoking prevalence fell to minimal levels; for …
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  • Expanding the Definition of Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Mindset Change to Help Achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa

    … as attention turns to how measures in the soon-to-be-enacted Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill will be implemented. Image by  Tumisu  from  Pixabay   Public … pose when they commented: “others believe that we will be addicting another generation to tobacco products”. These …
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