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Media release: International experts say abandoning denicotinised cigarettes will cost lives
… Zealand will cost lives. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, Professor Eric Donny from Wake … Hatsukami from the University of Minnesota lay out the public health benefits of denicotinising cigarettes. “NZ …
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Submission: Fast-Track Approvals Bill
… Read the Public Health Communication Centre submission on the Fast-Track … major projects. The Bill circumvents legal protections for public health, leaving New Zealanders more vulnerable to illness and …
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The alarms are flashing red: Five reasons to upgrade our Alert Level system before the next Covid-positive traveller visits a major city
… system. In our recent paper in the journal Lancet Regional Health : ‘Expansion of a national Covid-19 alert level system … phase of the pandemic we need to have vaccination and public health and social measures working together, … a zero level as in the current four-level system) but the public would not need to memorise these levels. Instead, when …
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The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos
… defendants lied, misrepresented, and deceived the American public, including smokers and the young people they avidly … sought as ‘replacement smokers,’ about the devastating health effects of smoking and environmental tobacco smoke .” … conflict between the tobacco industry’s interests and public health policy interests” and requires signatories to …
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Media release: Energy poverty: Low-income households hit hardest by rising power costs
… are still unable to meet basic energy needs according to public health researchers. There's a stark income disparity in … They lay out the evidence in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre. “Our research shows those …
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Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?
… have called for further research into their long-term health effects, including their potential to cause nicotine … Nip , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington Prof Janet …
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Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues
… perspective on other aspects of meat consumption on human health and the environment, and risk communication. The … year (5). Communicating health impacts is challenging. The public is increasingly frustrated by messages of harm from … on the topic). But there is likely to be fairly widespread public agreement that animal welfare does matter and that …
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Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?
… messaging and campaigns to prevent uptake; providing health promotion resources to communities; increasing retail … was released the in the same week that sweeping cuts to public health staff were announced . In the absence of … accountability Unlike previous plans, there was little public or tobacco control sector engagement in the …
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The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act
… little regulatory attention until recently. Many health researchers , schools , communities , parents and … SVRs, require those “approved” to cease trading, and make public information on compliance audits the VRA undertakes, … people and enforce existing regulations. Implications for public health policy and practice Comprehensive cross-sector …
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Expanding Ka Ora, Ka Ako is ‘bread and butter’ action to alleviate the cost-of-healthy-food crisis
… not attend schools in the Ka Ora, Ka Ako programme. 2 In a public opinion poll commissioned by Health Coalition Aotearoa , the cost of healthy food was … healthy lunch programme, Ka Ora, Ka Ako Implications for public health Food insecurity and unhealthy diets among …
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