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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … products and alternative nicotine delivery systems. In a previous blog, ASPIRE 2025 researchers summarised the … people and non-nicotine users. This blog – intended as a follow-up article to further promote discussion – … highly profitable. While BAT publicly assert that NGPs “can support smokers in quitting smoking” , their investor …
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  • “100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting

    … (see this NZ Herald piece). Nevertheless, there is a case for striving to achieve the “100% level” with certain … health goals worth aiming for, through 100% elimination of a hazard or risk. Namely, tobacco, human papilloma virus … ambivalence). If the UK and various Canadian Provinces can get over 80% HPV vaccination coverage, so should NZ.   …
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  • Is funding Euthanasia a health priority for Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2?

    … that the effect of not allowing practitioners to charge a co-payment will significantly undermine provision of aid in dying. In a blog last year (Gray, 2020) I argued that it is very … already very stretched. Also, with the possibility that we can no longer eliminate Covid-19 (at least in some areas of …
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  • Nourishing futures: How micronutrients improve pregnancy outcomes, reduce healthcare costs

    … professional groups. This Briefing discusses outcomes from a new observational study of birth outcomes in mothers who … greater need for interventions. 2-5 These adverse outcomes can negatively affect infants’ early health and development, … at birth. The birth outcomes from the NUTRIMUM study show that supplementation with micronutrients to treat …
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  • Media release: Poor ventilation on buses and trains – a fixable risk to health

    … research measured carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) levels in air as a marker for poor ventilation. When more than half of the … 94% of the time on buses and 77% on trains. These results show that passengers in these buses and trains are doing a … sophisticated understanding about ventilation and how it can help protect us from airborne viruses. “We need to take …
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  • Poor ventilation in public transport settings in Aotearoa NZ: New data for buses and trains

    … 2 ) levels in public transport settings in Aotearoa NZ as a proxy measure for poor ventilation and increased Covid-19 … that transport companies and central/local government can take to improve the situation – including adopting … risk are available in the Appendix . **Lower range values can be compared to ambient CO 2 levels as detailed in the …
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  • Obesity at last on Government agenda, but will Healthy Families NZ be good enough ?

    … (HTV) which the Health Minister, Tony Ryall, visited on a recent trip to Australia. Although no details are … set it up such that the 12 high-investment communities can be evaluated against matched communities which do not … means a robust cluster comparison is possible. HTV can be readily adapted to New Zealand although with some …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … 1) grew. 4 Figure 1: VAPO age verification screen for a NZ-based website (4 August, 2021)   Figure 2: Screen shot … 7   Figure 3: VAPO Vapetasia E-liquid selection on a NZ-based website (4 August, 2021)   Aggressive … youth studies have corroborated principals’ concerns and show rising ENDS use; data from the 2019 ASH Y10 survey of …
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  • Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?

    … in 2023 have reduced the risk of litigation, removing a significant barrier to developing and adopting … any LAP by judicial review; the court confirmed that LAPs can be based on community preference and a likelihood (rather … this will require a long-term sinking lid in the LAP which can gradually reduce density. In the current policy …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … could potentially help people to stop smoking by providing a source of nicotine that is likely to be less physically … with longer follow up are needed before firm conclusions can be drawn. Evidence for the use of nicotine replacement … of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington  … Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop …
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