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  • The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree

    … Government is obliged to protect the health and wellbeing of Māori. It is further obligated under both the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the WHO Framework … of vaping (3) and its opponents (4). Big tobacco knows what it’s doing! The big tobacco companies have a “history of …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 goal is in danger of receding – will the Ministry of Health’s ‘realignment’ get it back on track?

    … The Ministry of Health proposes realigning tobacco control services to … Smokefree 2025 goal. However, will a ‘realignment’ of existing services ensure the goal is realised? In this … control sector is the key to achieving Smokefree 2025. So what is this realignment and is it essential to achieving the …
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  • A century of health inequalities in NZ – new data

    … a study that looks at two historical datasets – with one of these suggesting life span differences by occupational … is hard to get perfect evidence from 100 years ago!), it does suggest that socio-economic inequalities in mortality … NZ. In this blog we also take the opportunity to discuss what might be done to address the current inequality problem …
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  • Perspective: Options for licensed retailing of nicotine-containing E-Cigarettes in NZ

    … The NZ Ministry of Health is currently consulting on options around making … Perspective Blog briefly examines possible pros and cons of two plausible licensed retail options: pharmacies and vape … system for e-cigarettes, there is the question of what type of retail outlet should be licensed to sell …
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  • Taxes on fizzy drinks in NZ: preventing premature deaths and raising funds for health

    … A task of public health research is to quantify the health impact of … subsidies .  Change the price of one food, and not only does its consumption change, but also the consumption of … become more informed and focused. So, following this line, what we would recommend to decision makers around improving …
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  • Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response

    … strategy is now threatened by the global emergence of new variants with increasingly high transmissibility. We … to keep New Zealanders safe, particularly in the light of the current outbreak risk in Wellington. Immediate actions … are now experiencing a very different pandemic from that of 2020. The Delta variant now accounts for 99% of Covid-19 …
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  • Front-of-pack nutrition labels improve understanding but don’t improve healthy food choices; Starlight Trial just published

    … from our HRC-funded DIET Programme based at the University of Auckland. This is important evidence for policy. We had … participants more frequently using their smartphone to see what label a food item got had significantly healthier food … of packaged foods to have ‘better’ HSR scores. What next? There is a need for robust independent evaluation …
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  • How should we manage the harm caused by tobacco product waste?

    … Annual consumption of cigarettes now exceeds five trillion, with around four … this problem.  We recently examined public perceptions of TPW in New Zealand and allocation of responsibility for … about how the general public perceives this problem or what they consider appropriate responses.  Our …
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  • An upgraded Alert Level 2 is urgently needed to address the Delta Variant threat

    … and the system must be updated to address the threat of the highly transmissible Delta variant and future … infection in these settings is physical distancing, which does not adequately address the risk of airborne … the Alert Level System should be updated to reflect what we know about the importance of airborne transmission of …
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  • Reducing cardiovascular disease deaths from overweight & obesity: Fortunately there are several options

    … In this blog, we look at a recent combined analysis of 97 studies on how much of the overweight/obesity … to high blood pressure, cholesterol or glucose [1], and what this means for how health policy can address the obesity … reduce health inequalities arising from obesity – since it does not generally depend on access to the health system. The …
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