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  • Media release: Growing evidence linking plastics to serious health risk

    … Evidence of the harmful effects of plastics on human health, especially from chemical additives and plastic … over the last five years. A  Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre examines the latest evidence … used in plastic production, with a quarter known to pose health risks according to lead author, Dr Olga Pantos, a …
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  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … – what is the allure of a virtual supermarket for public health nutrition research? Testing food pricing strategies … strategies. Most people will have heard of this public health intervention in the form of fat tax, sugar tax, soft … is how to study taxing effects properly. Any public health scholar will know that randomised controlled trials …
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  • Smokefree outdoor areas: A missing part of Government’s new Smokefree 2025 proposals

    … implemented, these proposals could lead to major health gains, health system cost savings and reducing the unequal health … court cases. 11 Many jurisdictions in similar countries (Australia, Canada, and the USA) have long had effective laws …
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  • Strengthening tobacco policy: The case for best practice packaging and regulation

    … as plain (or standardised) packaging. First introduced by Australia in 2012 , plain packaging transformed tobacco packages from marketing media to health promoting platforms and greatly reduced the appeal of … more effectively with people who smoke. Introduce health promoting inserts Participants found on-pack warnings …
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  • Why a “mouth and nose” lockdown with masks might help avoid a “full body” lockdown at home

    … with the associated adverse economic, social and mental health effects. Typical street/shopping scene in Hong Kong … include weddings, a conference, a hospitality venue and a “private function” amongst others (see the Ministry of Health’s website on clusters ). At the Bluff wedding cluster …
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  • The long shadow of Cyclone Gabrielle: Brief review at 12 months

    … the most costly weather-related disaster in the country’s history. Here we briefly consider its persisting long shadow … than 10,500 , and caused a range of acute and long-term health effects. The estimated cost was up to $14.5 billion – … for many people is likely to be having ongoing mental health impacts. A survey of Napier residents conducted in May …
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  • NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from food marketing

    … to new guidelines released this month by the World Health Organization (WHO) which recommend policies to protect … have negative short- and long-term impacts on children’s health 2 and are some of the largest contributors to global … exposure to unhealthy food and drink marketing has public health implications towards poorer dietary behaviours, …
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  • Media release: Long Covid could be costing NZ $2 billion a year in lost productivity: Experts urge preventive action

    … from reduced worker productivity, and that’s excluding health costs. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre –  Long Covid: High economic … estimates from a recently-published economic analysis in  Australia that modelled the effects of Long Covid on …
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  • The growing burden of dementia in Aotearoa: Scope for prevention

    … is expected to double in the next 20 years – a major health and economic issue. Since age is the biggest risk … whole-of-government approach  is required to address the health inequities associated with poverty and social … the importance of interventions to promote brain health in early life and midlife, even when the immediate …
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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … risks of these types of products remains uncertain. The health-based policy experience is also minimal. In this blog … public health. The current status of ANDS in NZ parallels Australia and Canada (2): such products cannot be legally … virtually all effective public health measures ( see this history (27)). Irresponsible advertising of ANDS in the USA …
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