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  • World moving forward on the smokefree generation - Aotearoa NZ goes backwards

    … an important opportunity to protect future generations' health and wellbeing. In late 2022, the Aotearoa New Zealand … preventing them getting hooked and protecting their health both now and in the future .” The UK Labour Party has … In what the local newspaper described as a “ win for health and wellness advocates ”, the Massachusetts Supreme …
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  • NZ Health Survey data released today reinforce Smokefree Legislation is crucial to reduce smoking inequities

    … Newly released New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data for 2022/2023 show that smoking … the ramifications in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . The Health Survey estimates that daily smoking has reduced from …
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  • Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ

    … vector successfully eliminated from NZ At the Public Health Congress in Auckland last week, one of us presented on potential public health endgames – partly to inform thinking around the … perspective and international perspective on public health-related endgames. It also considers what additional …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … 9,11  Whilst there was a reduction in cases in the GBM community during 2020-2022, this trend was not evident for … 9 Lead maternity carers need to be aware of the NZ Sexual Health Society recommendation to re-screen in third … racism, mistrust of healthcare and enabling appropriate access to free services needs to continue to be prioritised …
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  • After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?

    … for delight. Many have worked hard and long for this, community workers, advocates, researchers, officials and … what can we learn from the process for smokefree and wider health matters? Why was the policy process for the law so … policy process is messy and irrational. 6 In NZ, the Health Select Committee in 2016 recommended legislation for …
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  • The Omicron waves – Comparing Aotearoa NZ and Australia in four key graphs

    … (NZ) Government reduces and removes some of the public health measures established to protect New Zealanders from … in South Africa in late November 2021, with Australian community cases identified in early December 2021. Whereas … case at the border occurred in mid-December 2021, with community transmission first reported in mid-January 2022 . …
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  • Front-of-pack nutrition labels improve understanding but don’t improve healthy food choices; Starlight Trial just published

    … Health Star Rating and Traffic Light nutrition labels have a … allocated to one of three labels: Traffic Light labels, Health Star Rating labels, or Nutrition Information Panels. … participants were randomised to: traffic light labels, health star rating and nutrition information The study …
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  • Media release: Growing evidence linking plastics to serious health risk

    … Evidence of the harmful effects of plastics on human health, especially from chemical additives and plastic … over the last five years. A  Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre examines the latest evidence … used in plastic production, with a quarter known to pose health risks according to lead author, Dr Olga Pantos, a …
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  • NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States

    … the US. In this blog we update the numbers around the key health outcomes for these jurisdictions and comment on the … Territory and Tasmania have all had over 100 days with no community transmission (Queensland too can probably be added … Even the state of Victoria had nearly eliminated community transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic virus until …
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  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … – what is the allure of a virtual supermarket for public health nutrition research? Testing food pricing strategies … strategies. Most people will have heard of this public health intervention in the form of fat tax, sugar tax, soft … is how to study taxing effects properly. Any public health scholar will know that randomised controlled trials …
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