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  • Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality

    … Government, and almost everyone considering how to achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa, agrees that nicotine and tobacco … to the harm that they cause. However, following repeal of the previous Government’s smokefree measures, regulation is now disproportionate to risk as, in many important areas, smoked tobacco products have weaker …
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  • COVID-19 in Aotearoa: what does public health do now?

    … made an incredible contribution to minimising the impact of COVID-19 in Aotearoa. But the work for public health is not over. As the situation in Auckland heralds a transition point in our approach to the pandemic, the … burden from cancer, avoidable child health conditions and mental health issues. Māori and Pacific communities, and …
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  • The case for banning cigarette filters

    … proposed Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan sets out a perceptive vision for reducing smoking prevalence and … product changes that sustain the appeal and addictiveness of smoked tobacco products. How did filters become an … threats filters pose; for example, members of the New York state legislature have proposed a statute banning the sale of …
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  • Insights into health system costs of living and dying in New Zealand – New study

    … A study in the NZ Medical Journal shows how public spending … ). It raises interesting questions about the best use of taxpayer funds for preventing and treating ill health. In … plans may increase quality of life near death (eg, by avoiding interventions such as surgery that might only …
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  • What can Aotearoa NZ learn from Australia’s new vaping policies?

    … products. Yet despite this approach, illegal supply of vapes has seen youth vaping rise. The Australian Minister … our current policies do not adequately protect them from a marketing environment where vaping products are very … young people’s interest, and vapes have become widely used as lifestyle accessories. As a result, youth and young …
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  • Modifying homes to prevent falls is very cost-effective: New NZ study

    … A just published modelling study by the BODE 3 Team has … doing in response to the evidence.   The NZ Burden of Disease Study (NZBDS) reported that falls cause 10% of all … be: Regulations that require all newly built homes to have state-of-the-art falls prevention features. Regulations that …
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  • Queenstown outbreak highlights future challenges for clean drinking water

    … outbreak highlights the need for greater understanding of the connections between infrastructure, land use, … safe to drink. While authorities continue to investigate a range of potential source of this outbreak, they have … of predominantly native vegetation is certainly a strategy used effectively in Australia, New Zealand and the USA. While …
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  • Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table

    … cost-effectiveness – and potentially many other things.  A league table is a useful tool for researchers and policy-makers to get an informed ‘first impression’ of what are the best health interventions to give further … interventions than change the “obesogenic environment” (eg, via taxing sugary drinks). Figure 1: Decision making in …
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  • We need rapid progress on digital solutions to help eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand

    …   In this blog we discuss some of the emerging technologies New Zealand could adopt to … response. On 2 April, the World Health Organization hosted a high-level meeting between technology and health experts, … contact tracing, home quarantine, promotion of hygiene (eg, hand washing), physical distancing and border controls …
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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … Is body mass index (BMI) relentlessly increasing in NZ, or plateauing? In this blog we present trends in BMI … increase in BMI is linear, relentless increasing; no sign of a plateau, yet. Given this trend, The Diabesity Crisis …
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