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  • Reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission through the use of air purifiers

    … carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) levels, which are used as a proxy measurement for ventilation, should stay below 800 … each pass of air through the unit. Air purifier adverts often give a clean air delivery rate (CADR). 4 This is the … This type of system is called an upper room UV and are often used within hospitals. If properly installed, these …
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  • Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?

    … than two months before the government’s own target for a Smokefree 2025 becomes due, it has released an “action … and persisting smoking inequities first advocated for a Tupeka Kore (tobacco free) Aotearoa. 4   Since the 1980s, Aotearoa’s   action on tobacco control had involved a mix of mostly demand-reduction focused population level …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … information   . Figures 1,2 and 5 are reproduced from a recent report by ASH New Zealand, 1 figures 3, 6 and 7 are … only since 2015, when prevalence was relatively low, after which regular and daily vaping increased steadily up to … device using replaceable or refillable ‘pods’ (eg, ‘Juul’) often with high concentration nicotine salt e-liquids emerged …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … online have been expanding globally, with alcohol being a relatively new commodity to be sold in this way in … had drunk alcohol in the past year with 21% drinking in a hazardous way . 6 7 Māori, Pacific peoples, those living in … delivery services, and widespread access. 11 For example, a 2019 Australian study 12 showed that nearly 70% of …
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  • Smoking and vaping among 14 to 15 year olds: Government action urgently needed

    … ū Hauora, the Ministry of Health, accepts vaping offers a reduced harm alternative to smoking and suggests people … smoke , while few c ampaigns targeted older people, who often struggle to quit smoking and represent a smaller … dependence and addiction. Young people who vape daily often report intense physical cravings, and recount how …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … an app, locate an e-scooter using the app map, and unlock a device they would like to use by scanning a QR code on the e-scooter they wish to ride. In New Zealand, users pay $1 to hire the e-scooter and 30 cents a minute, or around $18 an hour . The Lime website states: “ …
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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … Summary The Labour Party has released a factsheet outlining plans to “crack down” on youth vaping. Proposals include introducing a licensing scheme, increasing the penalties that people … governments been so slow to recognise youth vaping as a problem and how effective will Labour’s proposed new …
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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … the new regulatory framework, and proposes key features of a risk-proportionate approach. We argue the framework should … tobacco product.  The product in question was ‘HEETS’, a tobacco heat stick designed for use with the ‘IQOS’ … containing nicotine, to create an aerosol.] There is a strong case, from a public health perspective, to introduce …
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  • Embracing downward counterfactual analysis to navigate future cyclones

    … should be conducted for other disasters to better inform a wider range and depth of future disaster mitigation … to up to $14.5 billion. 4 In this Briefing we apply a relatively novel process to examine this disaster – … considering hypothetical scenarios in which the outcome of a disaster event is imagined to be worse than what actually …
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  • Fighting cold, damp housing – a big tick for Warmer Kiwi programme

    … households improve when they their homes are insulated and a heat pump installed. The study’s results relate to: … inefficient heaters with heat pumps on people’s lives: After a heat pump was installed, living areas of study houses … to hospital for respiratory illness over two times more often than people from the wealthiest areas. 6 Because Māori …
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