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  • Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset

    … that are critical for the prevention and management of Covid-19. Tax is the way we all share our resources in contributing to a healthy, decent and just society. Tax reform options should … countries which provide more adequate public services (eg, Denmark with tax revenue at 44.9% of GDP; Sweden with tax …
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  • Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa

    … Organization (WHO) has set an ambitious goal to eliminate a cancer as a public health problem. Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) committed to this goal in 2020. Four years on, NZ has made some great strides but is … Elimination is possible because almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by the human papillomavirus …
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  • COVID-19 and Māori health – when equity is more than a word

    … we are extremely concerned about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our whānau and communities. We … within our society, frame equity as an add-on to a substantial list of other ‘equally’ important principles, … by a focus on ‘scarcity of resources’, and intended to be used to prioritise which person gets what resource. These …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … A large prospective study on dietary salt and health has recently been reported in the New England Journal of Medicine . While reinforcing extensive past work that a … causation cannot be completely ruled out” as the authors’ state. Reverse causation would arise if early CVD disease …
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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … Pricing is one of the most potent influences on consumers’ behaviour. Governments around the world have used this knowledge to implement tobacco excise taxes, which … on pricing and changes in the NZ tobacco market during a period of sustained excise tax increases , and explain how …
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  • New study on going smokefree – major economic gains for NZ society with manageable costs for government

    … Briefing details our just published study on the economics of Aotearoa NZ’s smokefree endgame policy package (ie, the … considerable growth in income for NZ citizens with a total cumulative gain of US$31 billion ($NZ46 billion) by … tax. Increasing taxes on harmful products and activities (eg, carbon charges in the Emissions Trading Scheme; and taxes …
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  • The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill – a chance to submit on pivotal legislation for health in Aotearoa

    … Bill was introduced into Parliament in October 2021 and a submission process is now underway with a tight 9 December … structural changes and will be associated with a suite of new health planning and strategy documents. The aim of … on healthcare system structures and functions as does not state which structures will have the responsibility/mandate …
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  • The policy bonfire of environment protection: 10 examples that threaten public health

    … new Government’s approach to environmental policy shows a clear pattern towards allowing more pollution of water, air, and climate. The implications for public … given it might take some time to introduce alternatives (eg, electronic road user charging, or time-of-use charging). …
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  • Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … budget allocations for infrastructure, but there is still a shortage of habitable safe housing for low-income households. … that evaluates the implementation of housing policies (eg the effectiveness of remediating existing homes, or the …
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  • Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?

    …   Figure 1. Map of current tobacco retailers in New Zealand (n=6000) How can we achieve the 2025 goal of a smokefree nation? The best approach to this tobacco … down the nicotine-levels in tobacco Major expansion of state-of-the-art mass media campaigns (a large improvement on …
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