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  • The hardening hypothesis for smoking – but does the evidence point to “softening” in NZ?

    … smokers will be the more addicted ones who are less likely to quit. But does the NZ evidence support this? This blog … Smokefree 2025 goal.   The ‘hardening hypothesis’ emerged in the 1980s and proposed that as smoking prevalence declines … goal? There are two key implications. The first concerns how we should achieve Smokefree 2025. If hardening was …
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  • Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?

    … 2,3 and the coalition government criticised for failing to offer an alternative plan. Now, less than two months … this was the best we could do.  A common analogy for how we can place limits on our expectations references an … a minority (12% is cited in the plan) successfully quit long term. The plan does little to make it easier for people …
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  • Taxing sugary drinks: Empirical findings out of Mexico

    … implementation. In this blog we examine this latest study, how it fits in with existing evidence, and how these results might apply to improving the control of obesity and improving child oral … of seasonal (more SSBs drunk in Mexico in summer) and long-run trends in SSB consumption (e.g., a pre-tax trend of …
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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    … To help explain the concept of ‘herd immunity’, The Guardian … We comment on why this simulator is informative and how it also demonstrates chance effects in the spread of infectious diseases. Then we take the …
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  • Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution expected

    … Summary The government is proposing to increase speed limits. Raising speed limits will lead to increased deaths and serious injuries on our roads. In addition, increasing speed limits is likely to worsen air … in urban areas. 14   There are also questions about how travel time savings are used. Any benefits are based on …
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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table Series: Prevention versus treatment, voluntary versus mandatory, targeted versus untargeted – can we generalize?

    … In this fourth blog that features the BODE 3 Interactive … in the league table.  We use graphs from the league table to cautiously explore (for fear of over-generalizing) what … series we have overviewed the concept of league tables to compare health sector interventions, and provided a …
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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … Summary In Aotearoa New Zealand, poor-quality food contributes significantly to diseases like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, … survey also highlighted the importance of understanding how food influences health. Overall public awareness of how …
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  • Do Aotearoa’s new vaping regulations go far enough?

    … Summary New regulations to reduce youth vaping include important measures that will … that aim to limit vaping uptake among young people in Aotearoa New Zealand were recently announced. We welcome … announced, explore their potential impact, and consider how effectively they will provide rangatahi with …
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  • Lessons From history: Helping New Zealand prepare for future influenza pandemics

    … on this NZ troopship (the Tahiti) may have contributed to a particularly severe outbreak during the 1918 influenza … War One [1]. There have been four influenza pandemics in the last 100 years that have reached New Zealand. Of … still much to learn from this unusually severe event and how country-level pandemic preparedness and control plans …
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  • Ireland leads New Zealand in the battle against obesity

    … visiting her home-country, Ireland. Cliona sent an email to myself and other Kiwis during that time outlining the … on obesity and food – a far cry from the state of play in New Zealand. Which has led to this blog, in which Cliona … adults and 33% of children). What is different however is how the two countries are tackling a problem that has serious …
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