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  • Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed

    … As part  of the consultation process  to denicotinise cigarettes and reduce the number of stores selling tobacco, Associate Minister of … for disposable vapes, including a reduction in the maximum nicotine concentration permitted. These proposals …
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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … concluded that masks have a valuable role in preventing the spread of infectious diseases. We highlight key findings … to align with current evidence. NZ is missing out on the benefits of this effective and versatile protection … effects during winter 2024 and beyond; Providing the public with clear guidelines and resources so that masks …
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  • Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … Summary Warm, dry, safe housing is undersupplied by the market in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and councils have … to creating an inclusive, more equitable society. The rapidity of climate change bringing wilder weather requires not only an urgent upgrading of the Building Code to establish higher housing standards but …
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  • Budget 2023 goes a long way to improving housing and wellbeing

    … Summary Several key announcements in the 2023 Budget, announced this week, have implications for … public health. This includes new public housing, extending the Warmer Kiwi Homes Programme, and investment in infrastructure. This Briefing article outlines the new funding and further opportunities to improve housing …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … on breast cancer screening. In Part 1 t hey looked at the contested research around breast cancer screening. In today’s Part 2 they explore the implications for New Zealand. As Editor’s, we agree with Shaw and Sarfati that screening beneath the age of 50 should stop and the quality and honesty of …
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  • The UK Government shows leadership with a Soft Drink Tax announcement

    … activity programmes. In this blog we briefly look at the UK initiative and assess its possible utility for … consume approximately 25 teaspoons (1,2). Beverages are the highest contributor to total sugars intake for Kiwi kids and the second highest contributor for adults, and it is clear …
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  • Capitalising on NZ’s linked data by increasing IT and researcher capacity: Opportunity is knocking

    … Conversely, NZ has some key barriers to overcome to make the best use of that data – most importantly, data systems … environment, strengths we can build on. Consider the health data.  All mortality and hospitalisation events, … lab tests, and so on, can be linked anonymously through the National Health Index number (unique patient …
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  • Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes

    … predictions, and then a recent Australian study on the topic. The bottom line is that such a tax would probably be good for health of all groups in NZ, but particularly the poorest New Zealanders. Such a reduction in health …
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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 from selling … to continue selling it until they closed or relocated. The estimated outcome would be a 50% decrease in the total …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … on dietary salt and health has recently been reported in the New England Journal of Medicine . While reinforcing … that we need a high-level international review to clarify the research and policy agenda from here. Our interpretation … BELOW BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH COLLEAGUES – IMPORTANT.]   The overall evidence around salt and harm to health (as …
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