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  • Oral nicotine products: Expanding the nicotine marketplace

    … tobacco companies have diversified their nicotine products to include e-cigarettes (ECs) heated tobacco products (e.g., … be imported for personal use. In this Briefing, we examine how ONP marketing in Aotearoa has targeted young people, … independent evidence that ONPs are an effective and safe method to help people stop smoking, there is no logical …
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  • High regret among people who smoke reinforces strong support for smokefree legislation

    … explained why the coalition government has no mandate to repeal the smokefree legislation and outlined youth and … policy. In this briefing, we draw together findings from different surveys undertaken to estimate public support … important questions about who is shaping their policy. How can ACT justify a referendum on Te Tiriti o Waitangi …
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  • Debate on ultra-processed foods shouldn’t derail good dietary advice

    … Evidence is mounting linking ultra-processed foods (UPF) to risk of chronic disease. Typically, UPF are foods that are … most well-known and studied definition of UPF comes from the Nova classification system 1 ,   where foods are … UPF to thrive in our food supply. It is hard to know how much UPF New Zealanders are eating due to lack of recent …
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  • Charting our way back to normal

    … A new web tool, COVID-19 Pandemic Trade-offs, allows people to weigh the costs and benefits of different policy responses … explanatory video. Article reproduced with permission from Pursuit  The burning COVID-19 question this year is – “When can we get back to normal?” Or more pessimistically, “Will we ever get back …
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  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … topic [1], there were highly variable reactions ranging from people willing to spend a significant sum of money to use the tool, to … after I eat my broccoli) [3,4]. Now, the question is how to study taxing effects properly. Any public health …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … This blog presents key findings from a modelling study where we estimated the impact that … 2025 Goal. The document presents a comprehensive strategy to achieve rapid and equitable reductions in smoking. The APDD includes a proposal to reduce nicotine in smoked tobacco products to very low …
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  • The Havelock North drinking water inquiry: A wake-up call to rebuild public health in New Zealand

    … Inquiry describes a long list of failings that contributed to the outbreak. In this blog we argue that the failings are … fragmented. The litany of failings in the area of safe drinking water applies to many areas of public health … the Inquiry Report and its recommendations and considering how to respond in the most effective way to protect the …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Where the sun enters, the doctor does not

    … series looking at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly.   To keep well, everybody needs affordable, warm, dry, safe, secure homes with enough space to avoid crowding (a … quality of life.    Our current building standards are far from near-zero energy, and despite a “Building for Climate …
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  • The growing burden of dementia in Aotearoa: Scope for prevention

    … the number of people living with dementia is expected to double in the next 20 years – a major health and economic … dementia and there’s currently no cure, there is a need to focus on reducing risks for dementia. The Lancet … and economic cost of dementia in NZ, 2020-2050. Adapted from  Dementia Economic Impact Report 2020 . 1 Potentially …
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  • Why a “mouth and nose” lockdown with masks might help avoid a “full body” lockdown at home

    … failures) and reduce the likelihood that we would need to move back to tighter restrictions and lockdowns with the … scene in Hong Kong with everyone wearing a mask (photo from author [LC] personal collection) The spread of the … to be limited to 50% capacity. 3 Current: People “must stay within their immediate household bubble, but can expand …
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