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  • The health impacts of the First World War for NZ: A Review

    … abstracted from them should make it easier for researchers to fill these knowledge gaps in coming years. According to the Roll-of-Honour dataset for … the high level of wounded personnel (41,000), and the long-term burden of disabilities as suggested by war pension …
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  • Good news on declining smoking rates, especially for Māori. Is it credible? What next?

    … Smoking rates have fallen in the 2013 Census compared to the 2006 Census (from 20.7% to … not a survey, but involves measuring the whole population. How to accelerate progress to Smokefree 2025 But how might …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action

    … the troubling state of New Zealand’s food environment due to inaction from successive Governments and calls for this to … though a few government initiatives have the potential for long-term improvements. We call for an overarching Food and … high in energy and sodium 6 . What surprised us was just how unhealthy some of the meal combos were, with some …
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  • What the Pacific & Mexico can tell us about soft drink taxes and public health

    … some of the reasons SSB tax outcomes from Mexico appear to show positive reductions in SSB consumption. SSBs are … of SSB taxation in improving health outcomes depends on how the SSB tax is designed including communication of a … impact on SSB consumption, and health gains over the long-term. Early empirical evidence emerging from Mexico …
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  • Reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission through the use of air purifiers

    … and concentration of the airborne virus. However, to reduce such transmission, the particles that carry the virus can be diluted by bringing in as much outdoor air as possible. When good ventilation is … can be used as an additional preventative measure to reduce the number of virus-laden particles. Ventilation …
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  • Ventilation in NZ schools during the Omicron wave – results from a preliminary study

    … Last year we outlined the need for adequate ventilation in schools and highlighted the need for nationwide … cases in children increasing exponentially, 1 2 leading to large numbers of child hospitalisations, including ICU admissions. 3 There are also growing concerns about long-term effects of Covid-19 illness on children, including …
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  • NZ should prepare for a potentially severe global coronavirus pandemic

    … In this blog we briefly summarise our assessment of the … uncertain new coronavirus threat. Given its potential to become a severe and prolonged global pandemic, a … about the threat posed by this new coronavirus. It appears to be highly transmissible and is spreading rapidly in China …
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  • Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals

    … the code. The ASA exemplifies both an ineffective approach to protection of the population from harm, and an explicit commercial conflict of interest. In this blog, the case for regulation of alcohol marketing … physical and is distributed inequitably, 2,3 contributing to wider health and social inequities. Social costs of …
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  • “Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?

    … drafted a Private Members Bill proposing exactly that back in 2006. Why not just ban the sale of tobacco? This blog … the use of tobacco. The purpose of such a measure would be to ensure, hasten and sustain the achievement of the goal of … tax revenue anyway, governments will need to anticipate how they will manage this reduction, irrespective of a sales …
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  • How might NZ expand community water fluoridation?

    … gave a green light for expanding water fluoridation in New Zealand given the scientific evidence for health … and the cost-effectiveness. This blog post goes further to explore what else could be done to maximise the benefits … children and adults, could be prevented by expanding CWF. How could community water fluoridation be expanded further in …
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