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  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … by tobacco companies into the market as reported in the annual tobacco returns to the Ministry of Health 9 was … the total amount of tobacco consumed using estimates from annual NZ Health Survey 10 questions. The 2023 University of Auckland report estimated the 2022 consumption gap at 8.4%, equivalent …
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  • Living longer, living healthier? Latest Official Report on independent life expectancy in NZ

    … longer in good health. The bad news? According to this report, the percentage of our lives with some dependency due … However, we have concerns about the accuracy of this Report, and critique it in this blog.   The last two … just published Independent Life Expectancy in New Zealand report . The Ministry used Post-Censal Disability Surveys to …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … https://minhealthnz.shinyapps.io/nz-health-survey-2019-20-annual-data-explorer/ ). We report prevalences for smoking, e-cigarette (EC) use and … between 2011/12 and 2019/20, but was 11.9% or higher since 2016/17. There was a marked disparity by age group in 2019/20 …
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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … NZ going back to the 1980s. Over the last four decades the annual increase in BMI is linear, relentless increasing; no … adult obesity sex by ethnicity in NZ (Source: Teng et al, 2016 2 ) Footnotes: The crude obesity prevalence rates from … obesity rates among pre-school Pacifica ( page 24 of this report ) – but it is early days. Against this backdrop, the …
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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … assess the impact of different policies.  While the survey report reveals declining daily smoking, it also shows … to 10.6% in 2021). The vast majority of daily vapers (89%) report that they usually vape with nicotine. ASH has not yet … grow its overall nicotine product market; a comprehensive report on Philip Morris International concluded “Novel …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    …   . Figures 1,2 and 5 are reproduced from a recent report by ASH New Zealand, 1 figures 3, 6 and 7 are from a recent scholarly blog 2 and figure 8 is from a report published by the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation … smoking prevalence declined dramatically from 1999 to 2016 (daily smoking from 16% to 3% and regular smoking from …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project

    … and who participated in the ITC New Zealand project from 2016-2021. The blog documents attitudes towards smoking and … who smoke in the ITC NZ surveys the vast majority (82% W2) report regretting starting to smoke, and contrary to the … starting to smoke, acknowledge they are addicted, and report they are actively trying to quit. There is substantial …
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  • When the first barrier fails: Strengthening protection for drinking water sources

    … Waihao water supply on the path to the breach. A 2015 report, prepared for ECan, on land use and farming practice … Fan includes the Lower Waihao groundwater source. The report estimated that in 2014 land use generated an average … of the contamination of Havelock North’s drinking water in 2016, was notified of the breach. Beyond this, it is unclear …
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  • Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?

    … Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor recently released a report on  AI and healthcare , 1 which makes many specific … used in government departments 6 and a 2019 academic report into uses of AI by NZ Government departments . 7 These … deployment, while also continually ensuring the  Hauora Report 12 and the  Te Tiriti AI Principles are also applied.  …
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  • Seven decades of severe weather events in Aotearoa New Zealand: What are the human health impacts?

    … In this blog, we summarise our recent report that explores the health impacts from severe weather … homes temporarily due to hazards) [1, 5, 6]. In our recent report [7], we sought to explore patterns in severe weather … (eg, for cases of mild hypothermia). In our full report we present a sensitivity analysis of the NIWA …
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