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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … smoked tobacco products are virtually nicotine free is one of the key proposals included in the Smokefree 2025 Action … blog explored the potential advantages and disadvantages of this policy . This blog summarises estimates of the likely impact of a denicotinisation policy from a New …
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  • Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties

    … The health organisation OraTaiao convened a group of experts to analyse the climate change policies of NZ … it has had in Government.   Voters who are asking “What is best for NZ society and the planet in the long-term?” … It shows (somewhat in contrast to Labour and NZ First) what an opposition party is able to achieve during a single …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits

    …   Summary Associate Minister of Education, David Seymour, has claimed there is no evidence … outcomes and impacts of school food programmes to extend what is already known locally about Ka Ora, Ka Ako. 1  The … - child, whānau, school, community, and food system.  What do we know so far? NZ Treasury has commented on the …
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  • NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States

    … has involved comparing NZ’s COVID-19 response with a range of other jurisdictions, especially: Australia, Taiwan and the … Taiwan’s high quality performance still holds a number of lessons for NZ with its ongoing response. Previously we … comparing NZ’s COVID-19 response with a smaller range of jurisdictions, especially: Australia, Taiwan and the US. …
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  • Retailing of vaping products – New NZ Research

    … Members of the public health community hold divergent views on how … and potential benefits, the Regulatory Impact Statement does not propose restricting the sale of ENDS, HTPs, or … 6 Retailers could play a helpful role in determining what population health gains are realised, but only if they …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … Healthy Housing Initiatives intervene to improve the homes of kids who are hospitalised for illnesses that could be … offered, such as heaters, are funded by charities, so what’s offered depends on what different HHIs are able to fund. Last year, we …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy

    … low nicotine cigarettes, large reductions in the number of outlets selling tobacco, and the introduction of a … companies’ ‘informed choice’ rhetoric and establish what van Eijk describes as a ‘norm cascade’ that frames … jurisdictions; for example, Brookline, Massachusetts, does not allow sales of tobacco products to anyone born after …
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  • Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks

    … respects a likely scenario given the high infectiousness of this variant and the emerging evidence that vaccines may … an ‘elimination strategy’ [10] is being put to the test. What’s the situation in Australia? As we described in a … are considered to be driving the current outbreak. What is the relevance for NZ’s Delta outbreak? For NZ and …
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  • New Zealand’s hard-won improvements to our Building Code must be retained: Here’s why

    … that the Government is  considering reducing the thickness of insulation required in new homes . This would mean rolling … such a move would be far-reaching and go against evidence. What does insulation do? Housing insulation prevents heat …
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  • The case for tobacco supply restrictions

    … It is now time to reduce the number and density of retail outlets selling tobacco.  Retail supply … that will achieve a tobacco-free New Zealand by 2025, and what the majority of consumers want. Marketing is predicated … visible and more difficult to access recognises it for what it is: a pernicious product that kills 5000 New …
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