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Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?
… The NZ Ministry of Health is currently reviewing public … in NZ. This consultation raises questions about how the wider uptake of e-cigarette use (known as “vaping”) will be managed. In this blog, we consider arguments about the indoor public settings where vaping should be allowed or …
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The 5000 annual deaths caused by smoking also matter
… Summary Every year we reflect on the tragic loss of life caused by road accidents yet pay almost no attention to the equally tragic loss of life caused by the tobacco industry, whose products kill 13 New Zealanders …
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Taxes on fizzy drinks in NZ: preventing premature deaths and raising funds for health
… A task of public health research is to quantify the health impact of interventions that are upstream and are political. In the food environment, we strongly suspect that regulation of the food industry, food reformulation, marketing and price …
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Perspective: Who is responsible for stopping NZ’s obesity epidemic?
… blog-perspective, obesity expert Dr Robyn Toomath outlines the dogmas and arguments for the ‘individual-responsibility’ explanation and (lack of) solution to the obesity epidemic. She then points to the market failures …
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Media release: Why the Smokefree legislation must stay - Laying out the evidence:
… Public Health experts have laid out the facts showing the Government’s plan to repeal the world-leading smokefree legislation runs directly …
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Kiwi public health doc reporting back from Victoria (Australia): “Do quarantine well!”
… A bit like a letter home. I have now been full-time at the University of Melbourne since 2019. Before that, I was 20 years at the University of Otago, Wellington. Indeed, I set up this … medicine specialist in Victoria, as a person who is new to the State, and not part of the formal apparatus, has been an …
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Can pandemic threats justify border closure for island nations like NZ?
… In a study we just published in a journal, we explored the costs and benefits of complete border closure in NZ in … border could provide overall societal benefit – even with the disruptions it would cause to tourism and trade. … faces increasing risks of new pandemics because of the growing density of human populations and various …
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Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa
… Summary The Ministry of Health is inviting submissions on the second Draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan for … transformative rather than additive and acknowledges that the solutions required to prevent suicide are broad and …
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Where do the parties stand? – Introducing our election series
… Our elected representatives make choices that impact the long-term health and wellbeing of every New Zealander. These decisions are not confined to the health system but range across all parts of our society. … long-term planning, tax, water quality, Māori health inequity, and transport. He hauora te taonga Health is a …
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Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health
… Summary The way that we collect government revenue in Aotearoa New … a 50% tax rate on income over $150,000, instead of the current top rate of 39% over $180,000. A 2% annual tax on … taxes, has the potential to sustain inequity along racial lines.” 13 And, given that critical …
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