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  • Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues

    …   This blog was triggered by the recent highly publicised review on the cancer risk from … prostate cancer. Figure: IARC Carcinogen Classifications What is the significance of this finding? IARC has … (unpublished data). So these “lifetime bacon-eaters” are not too different from your average New Zealander. A …
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  • Is Keytruda for advanced melanoma cost-effective? Applying the BODE3 rapid cost effectiveness calculator

    … months, and even calls from politicians to over-rule the PHARMAC process (currently PHARMAC do not recommend … expensive (maybe about NZ$200,000 per course). And there are other similar drugs coming on tap soon that may be cheaper. So what might the cost-effectiveness be? In our BODE 3 …
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  • Why the New Zealand Government should reconsider abandoning denicotinised cigarettes

    … Summary New Zealand is the first country to enact legislation to “denicotinise” … unsubstantiated concerns about growth in illicit tobacco are almost certainly greatly exaggerated, particularly given … will bring profound social, health and economic benefits.  What is new in this briefing? There is strong evidence that …
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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … life and daily rituals. Policy responses need to reflect the highly addictive nature of vaping, particularly in young … proportion of young people who experiment with vaping are becoming daily users – by 2022, the conversion rate from … after addiction may thus require a lifetime of vigilance. What are the effects of nicotine addiction on young people? …
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  • Promoting physical activity through the prescription of smartphone apps in primary care: Likely to produce health gains and cost-savings

    … Over 40% of NZ adults are insufficiently physically active. In this blog we … our recently published modelling work that suggests that the prescription of smartphone apps for physical activity … supports the adoption of such technology [17]. What does the new NZ modelling show? Our recent modelling …
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  • A century of health inequalities in NZ – new data

    … by occupational class among men enlisted to fight in the First World War (but not actually getting to the … NZ. In this blog we also take the opportunity to discuss what might be done to address the current inequality problem … The gradients have been strongest for income, but they are also strong for small area deprivation and education [3, …
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  • Being forced to leave your rental home can harm health

    … or to a risky housing situation. We argue that reducing the incidence and impact of evictions is an important public … and protection from negative social conditions. We are using the term “eviction” to refer to all tenancies that … important places. Participants struggled to make sense of what had happened, often emphasising how well they had taken …
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  • Smoking and vaping among 14 to 15 year olds: Government action urgently needed

    … findings. In this Briefing, we examine new data from the ASH Year 10 Snapshot survey and explore trends in smoking … people who have never smoked and those who smoke every day are vastly different in size. Ministry of Education school … smoked, 18% formerly smoked, and only 6% currently smoked. What do these findings mean? First, these data indicate that …
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  • Modifying homes to prevent falls is very cost-effective: New NZ study

    … A just published modelling study by the BODE 3 Team has reported that “home safety assessment and … we take a closer look at this intervention and consider what policy-makers, NGOs and citizens might wish to consider … injuries. For adults aged 65 years or over, falls are the most common cause of injury-related health loss, and …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … vaping in cars will come into force. This blog sets out the background and rationale for the new law, and discusses … So now that a law is finally being enacted in Aotearoa, what effect can we expect and how can we maximise the … but not extinguish, smoking in cars while children are present. There is clear evidence from multiple settings …
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