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Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ
… risks of these types of products remains uncertain. The health-based policy experience is also minimal. In this blog … it to their benefit, rather than to the benefit of public health. The current status of ANDS in NZ parallels Australia … access to ANDS not to be optimal for advancing public health and the smokefree nation 2025 goal, then it would be …
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Plugging the gap: Aotearoa’s piped water loss far worse than global leaders
… in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) poses risks to public health and wastes precious public funds—estimated at around … leaking water infrastructure in NZ poses risks to public health (see Box A1 in the Appendix ). 1 This leakage also … resiliency into all infrastructure that is fundamental to health and wellbeing. Authors details Prof Nick Wilson , …
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Warmest New Zealand winter ever recorded – The Government should do more on climate change
… levels of damage to human civilisation – a public health threat on a scale larger than we usually consider. … book on the ethics of climate change. Fortunately from a health perspective, various actions to reduce greenhouse … of possums and other pests has, literally, many “down-stream” benefits. Healthier forests will hold more rainwater …
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“Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques
… goal envisages a society where people no longer suffer the health, social, economic and cultural harms caused by tobacco … best’ to develop policies that ensure optimal population health outcomes while minimising potential unintended … (which is still substance addiction, even though the health effects are less serious than for tobacco) instead of …
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Smokefree outdoor areas: A missing part of Government’s new Smokefree 2025 proposals
… implemented, these proposals could lead to major health gains, health system cost savings and reducing the unequal health burdens that Māori, Pasifika and low-income New …
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Media release: Severe domestic squalor in Aotearoa New Zealand: A preliminary survey
… of key agencies. In the latest Briefing for the Public Health Communication Centre, experts in public health and the care of older people lay out the results of their survey of …
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Queenstown outbreak highlights future challenges for clean drinking water
… Safe, good quality drinking water is crucial to public health. The Queenstown cryptosporidiosis outbreak highlights … 42 hospitalisations, three people developing long-term health conditions, and four deaths. 2 Since then there has … stop. Avoid visiting people in hospital or long-term care facilities for at least 48 hours after your symptoms …
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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 … and education and, if implemented well, could reduce health inequities between Māori and non-Māori. New research … the importance of understanding how food influences health. Overall public awareness of how diet can influence …
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Media release: Covid-19 vaccines work, but we need to do more to get the most out of them
… disease experts say we could get even better public health value from the vaccines. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre , Professor John Potter from … all ages. This change in policy would allow younger health care workers, teachers and other exposed groups to get the …
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The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree
… extent that it is not even discussed in the draft national Health Strategy (2). As a world-leading goal addressing New Zealand’s biggest preventable risk factor for ill health and premature death, you might think it would be worth … for ‘across-government’ smokefree action, going beyond the health sector. The Northland Intersectoral Forum (NIF) …
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