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Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?
… their intention to transform in 2016 and now claim to be building a ‘smoke-free future’ , ‘unsmoking’ the world , … as e-cigarettes and vaping products that are likely to be less harmful than smoking if used as complete replacements for conventional cigarettes. However, to be consistent with transformation, new product marketing and …
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That old chestnut again – does any alcohol consumption reduce cardiovascular disease risk? More evidence for “no”.
… Journal. Early in 2014 we concluded that : “There may be a benefit for cardiovascular disease prevention from … fact we wager there probably is. But its true benefit may be overstated by our current ‘best evidence’ due to the … Because of attenuation of effects, these studies need to be massive. This current study was a meta-analysis (pooling …
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A century of health inequalities in NZ – new data
… blog we also take the opportunity to discuss what might be done to address the current inequality problem in this … our published study ). Hence, neither of these cohorts can be considered definitive in establishing differences (or not) … wealth, education and health in a society. So what can be done? We list some key considerations and ideas for …
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Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa
… cervix can access these three things, cervical cancer will be eliminated in NZ within the lifetime of today’s children. … WHO set three targets that countries must meet by 2030 to be on the path to eliminate cervical cancer. The WHO targets … responded saying he has asked for advice about what would be required to make this change. NZ trails behind Australia …
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Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care
… Covid-19 infection starting in early February, which can be reasonably described as our fourth wave since Covid-19 … is coinciding with a rise of the XBB subvariant which may be a major contributing factor. This subvariant has been … in vaccine effectiveness. There are multiple reasons to be concerned about any increase in Covid-19 infections: …
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Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?
… which prompt and motivate quitting among all smokers, will be required. 8,9 Such measures could act synergistically with … prevalence may have plateaued since 2015, and may even be starting to increase. 14 Figure 1 – Daily smoking … barriers to quitting, 24 many of these young people may be unable to quit and will become long-term smokers. By …
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Faster mortality decline – slower population ageing. How could this be?
… a good thing? Many worry that we face a future that will be overwhelmed by old people. They ask: will we be weighed down by an aged population, threatened by a … instead of a fixed chronological age, being old should be defined by a dynamic, prospective measure, such as …
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High levels of CO2 found in small study of early childhood centres: Improving ventilation in the time of COVID-19
… Summary Good ventilation is considered to be an important way to reduce the transmission of respiratory … the study. All six centres confirmed they were willing to be involved in the study. CO 2 levels in both activity rooms … rooms with high CO 2 levels did not have windows able to be opened but all the rest of the rooms either had windows or …
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Breaking the inequity loop
… meaning that all activities by Māori should be vetted and subject to Crown veto. Resourcing for the … snapshot provides a case study from which key lessons can be drawn and applied to the current state of Māori population … committee regarding whether this organisation should be able to commission its own programmes of work – in other …
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A 100 years ago today – the likely first NZ death from the 1918 influenza pandemic
… due to this new pandemic virus. Nevertheless, we can’t be absolutely sure that it was the pandemic virus for this … days and weeks. Crowded cabin accommodation seemed to be one of the risk factors for death in this historical study … having a pre-existing chronic disease was found to be one of several risk factors for dying in the pandemic [7]. …
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