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  • The case for banning cigarette filters

    … tobacco companies’ search for a solution to growing health “controversies” regarding smoking. Advances in … tobacco companies. 21 This focus on individuals, or down-stream actors and voluntary groups, suits the tobacco industry’s interests and ignores evidence that up-stream interventions, such as changes in tobacco product …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    …   Image from a World Health Organization poster In a modelling study we just … in funding other aspects of tobacco control and/or to fund health services. An extra plus is that the weight of evidence … suggests that tobacco tax increases contribute to reducing health inequalities (for 2 recent systematic reviews see here …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … six MIQ facility failures, five involved workers (three health workers, a defence worker and a maintenance worker) … and one was a returnee infected in a facility. The three health workers and the defence worker were all infected in … outbreaks of COVID-19), as well as from an occupational health perspective (for protecting workers from a potentially …
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  • Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales

    … lockdown restrictions were criticised by some public health experts as not being strict enough to control the … in NSW and NZ up to 11 August 2021 ( 12-14 )   Table 1. Health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic (confirmed and … diverse occupational groups, low vaccine uptake, and poor health and safety of international sea crews). Lesson 2: NZ …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … have called for further research into their long-term health effects, including their potential to cause nicotine addiction and negatively affect oral health. 4 5 Tobacco companies produce and market several … ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington  Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE …
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  • Daily aspirin for preventing cancer and heart disease – where to from here in NZ?

    … looks at the issues and considers possible responses by NZ health agencies and research funders.   What is the evidence? … – 0.17 deaths caused by aspirin by age 75   What might NZ health agencies do now? A possible first step is for a … tablets ). Can we make use of NZ primary and secondary care data to better understand the timing of the fatal and …
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  • Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax

    … in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health , we reviewed the meta-analyses on replacing dietary … article strongly indicate this. But it may be that more health gain might be achieved if such taxes were also used to … fat tax could also fund a media education campaign on the health benefits of increasing nut consumption and the …
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  • Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the Smokefree Aotearoa proposals

    … added sugar and flavourings), in spite of the disastrous health consequences these impose on most users. 5 6 These … found in marginalised groups, such as people with mental health conditions, 38 where smoking prevalence is much … reduce disparities in smoking prevalence and associated health inequities. What is the likely impact of a VLNC …
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  • Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water

    … daily intakes, suggesting little cause for public health concern” [1, p32]. “the complete assessment suggests … as another beverage [eg, coffee] poses zero risk to human health due the associated antioxidants inhibiting … model for the agricultural industry to contribute to health research would be to donate the funds to the Health …
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  • Cycling and walking in six NZ cities: Where are we at?

    … credit: Jenny Ombler Active transport is important for health and sustainability. But no one has previously looked … cycling) are also well-known. Active transport is good for health, the environment and the economy (1-3). But how well … levels of physical activity and lower levels of harm to health from inactivity-related conditions, such as high blood …
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