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  • Children and young people and COVID-19: The urgent need for improved guidance in NZ

    … children and young people in the Auckland outbreak may be a preview of what an uncontrolled COVID-19 pandemic would … a new pathogen, requiring pandemic response strategies to be built on evidence that has uncertain aspects and is … Globally, we are now seeing the beginning of what may be a major shift in the assessment of COVID-19 risk for …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … At this rate of decline, daily smoking prevalence would be 8.0% by the 2025/26 survey, and current smoking prevalence … 2025 goal (minimal smoking prevalence by 2025), would not be achieved. There were substantial increases in all measures … The increase in EC use since 2015/16 does not appear to be associated with an acceleration in the decline in smoking …
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  • “Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?

    … the use of tobacco. The purpose of such a measure would be to ensure, hasten and sustain the achievement of the goal … date’ in a few years time when the tobacco industry would be stopped from selling its lethal and addictive tobacco … if cigarettes were a newly developed product they would be immediately banned with little debate or dissent due to …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … ). There will need to be a more comprehensive review of our legislative framework … [2]) to assess what more long-term improvements could be made. Among the many new laws in our COVID-19 framework is … by air must submit to medical examination and testing, and be isolated or quarantined, for the required period. The …
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  • What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website to better inform progress on COVID-19 elimination

    … website and display a key graph that we think should be routinely on that website. We also detail a potentially … critical distinction between imported cases (who should be safely isolated in supervised quarantine facilities) and … that are transmissions in NZ. But this could also partly be a consequence of more overseas travellers arriving in NZ …
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  • New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality

    … of regional plans, which are under development and must be completed by the end of 2024. Regional plans have broad … regional plans (Prickett et al., 2023). This Report should be high priority reading for regional councillors and council … is an essential time for regional councillors and staff to be identifying and learning from what hasn’t worked before. …
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  • COVID-19, Christmas, the New Year and Summer Holidays: What the NZ Government and individuals can do to minimise the risks

    … Christmas celebrations, the impact of COVID-19 will surely be felt by all. In this blog we briefly discuss the two major … light system, individuals wanting to leave Auckland must be fully vaccinated with a vaccine pass, or have evidence of … virulent SARS-CoV-2 variant (which Omicron may or may not be), the current traffic light system is not specifically …
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  • Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health

    … FCTC globally was a key focus. Implementation continues to be patchy globally, with examples of remarkable success mixed … available on the FCTC website. Endgames and how they might be achieved were again a strong theme at the Conference. The … born in 2000, the members of which could never legally be sold tobacco products. This mechanism will of course do …
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  • Covid-19 Hospitalisations Now Peaking in Aotearoa NZ – But Key Covid-19 Control Measures Still Need to be Maintained

    … de-escalated, we detail reasons why some controls need to be retained and even strengthened, and which we consider are … (IDU or High Dependency Units) and daily deaths may also be yet to come. Overall the peak hospitalisation burden for … It is also looking like the peak in ICU cases will be less than the 90 expected on a per capita basis if …
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  • Retailing of vaping products – New NZ Research

    … nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) products should be arranged. Some believe ENDS should be as widely available as smoked tobacco and argue for … access. However, others suggest smoked tobacco should be much less available than is currently the case and propose …
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