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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … overseas.   Poor quality food is a major cause of ill-health and deaths from diseases such as cancer, heart … Support for banning unhealthy food sponsorship at sports, community, and other events attended by children (49%) and … that improve New Zealand’s food environment and equitable access to healthy food a priority in recognition of the …
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  • NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from food marketing

    … to new guidelines released this month by the World Health Organization (WHO) which recommend policies to protect … have negative short- and long-term impacts on children’s health 2 and are some of the largest contributors to global … exposure to unhealthy food and drink marketing has public health implications towards poorer dietary behaviours, …
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  • Water infrastructure failures from Cyclone Gabrielle show low resilience to climate change

    … Such infrastructure is critical for protecting public health, providing drinking water and treating waste. This … needed for repairs to stormwater infrastructure. 12 Human health and welfare impacts of these disruptions The toll on … already facing structural disadvantage. 14  Inability to access safe drinking water can be another stress on already …
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  • The growing burden of dementia in Aotearoa: Scope for prevention

    … is expected to double in the next 20 years – a major health and economic issue. Since age is the biggest risk … whole-of-government approach  is required to address the health inequities associated with poverty and social … the importance of interventions to promote brain health in early life and midlife, even when the immediate …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … Summary New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data for 2023/2024 have been released. … smoke and wish to switch to vaping still have reasonable access to these products. 2   What this Briefing adds The … not smoke from taking up vaping, while allowing reasonable access to these products for people who smoke.   Authors …
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  • Media release: NZ lags behind on indoor ventilation standards: World Ventil8 Day

    … are calling for improvements to our Building Code to put health front and centre, and the adoption of indoor air … to ensure we are all breathing air that enhances our health and productivity. In the latest Briefing from the … of the air we breathe, which is as fundamental to life as access to clean water, is so often overlooked.” says Dr …
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  • Weekly deaths declined in NZ’s lockdown – but we still don’t know exactly why

    … lockdown is possibly the most dramatic public health intervention in NZ history. It helped achieve the elimination of community transmission of the COVID-19 virus in NZ. But it … distress, home injury deaths), and effects of reduction in health care services (eg, for treating heart attacks and …
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  • Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

    … New NZ Health Survey data show some encouraging recent reductions in … provides a summary of some key points from the 2018-19 NZ Health Survey (NZHS) data as available on the 2018-19 annual … to the Health Minister by researchers and over 60 health, community and school organisations. In addition, we require a …
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  • Optimising the effects of plain packaging for tobacco – making Quitline information more salient

    … smokers experience, simple measures that enhance smokers’ access to cessation support, and affirm their decision to try … that determine implementation of the new law. The Health Select Committee has proposed four objectives for the … that increase smokers’ dissonance without also increasing access to cessation support, risk creating feelings of …
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  • Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed

    … number of stores selling tobacco, Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall has outlined proposals to strengthen … by young people, whose potentially high exposure and access to vaping products, 5  may have helped normalise … these products to stand-alone R18 specialist stores, where staff are more likely to be able to assist people who smoke …
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