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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) claim that Philip Morris (NZ) Ltd had contravened the 1990 Smoke-free Environment Act … 2016/17  [*].   There were also profound decreases among NZ adolescents : between 2011 and 2017 the prevalence of … current smoking prevalence in 2006/7, 2011/12 and 2016/17 (NZ Health Survey) – with the largest reductions marked in …
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  • Why NZ should consider adopting “mass masking” as an additional step to speed elimination of the Covid-19 pandemic

    … it should be given serious consideration by the NZ Government to speed progress towards the elimination goal. … stigma The current World Health Organization (WHO) and NZ Ministry of Health’s advice to use a mask only if you are … by Judy Henderson with permission Mass mask use in the NZ context NZ appears to be making progress towards its …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Mental health services can’t solve a mental health crisis: public mental health priorities in Aotearoa

    … reform  Alcohol is the main drug of addiction in NZ and is linked to mental health conditions. For example, … research found that one quarter of suicide deaths in NZ involved alcohol intoxication. Reform of the legislation … would address the inequitable consequences of drug use in NZ where Māori and Pacific are much more likely to suffer …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … alcohol use and from preventable injuries. New Zealand (NZ) Government policy on COVID-19 needs to quickly reduce … were more likely to have a longer stay than others. 5 In NZ, as elsewhere, the patients include the children who are injured. 6 NZ home injuries are much more likely after even light …
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  • The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos

    … and social benefits. 7 Although Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) ended its programme of regular (above inflation) excise … without continuing excise tax increases, tobacco prices in NZ remain among the highest in the world and have led to high … of excise tax increases, such as that implemented in NZ, have reduced the impact these tactics have and limited …
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  • Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution expected

    … injuries   In 2023, 341 people died in road crashes in NZ . In around a third of these, speed was a contributing … of changes in crash rates in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) following reductions in speed limits, found notable … Environmental pollution Over 2,000 people die each year in NZ from traffic-related air pollution. 4 The optimum speed …
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  • News: Fears NZ on track to fall well short of Smokefree 2025 goal

    … if smoking rates continue to flatline as revealed by the NZ Health Survey data.  Prof Edwards was responding questions … prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey . The data show vaping prevalence is … with higher levels of deprivation.  … News: Fears NZ on track to fall well short of Smokefree 2025 goal …
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  • In the news: NZ failing to protect children from unhealthy food marketing

    … guidelines on unhealthy food marketing to children and how NZ  doesn't measure up when she appeared on Radio NZ's the Panel with Wallace Chapman  (at 10'55"). "We only … told the panel." Dr Egli also spoke about her Briefing -  NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from …
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  • Retailing of vaping products – New NZ Research

    … be able to sell these products (the current situation in NZ). Image by  haiberliu  from  Pixabay Balancing smoking … exposing young people to vaping products. How should the NZ Government proceed with regulating ENDS’ availability? … appear likely to affect smokers. Recent data from the NZ ITC Project shows the proportion of ENDS users who …
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  • Media release: Rise in congenital syphilis requires action – experts

    … on to her baby during pregnancy. Prior to 2017 cases in NZ were rare but in the last five years there have been more … write about the increasing congenital syphilis cases in NZ in the latest Briefing from the Public Health … syphilis. “Lead maternity carers need to be aware of the NZ Sexual Health Society (NZSHS) recommendation to re-screen …
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