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  • What does recent biomarker literature say about the likely harm from e-cigarettes?

    … long-term effects of e-cigarette use on health outcomes, a lot more future research will be needed to get a reasonable … (median), 67.8% (mean) Carnevale et al 2016 [ 7 ] (and after additional communication with the authors around … models to human health risk is not always clear and it is often difficult to translate these animal model results into …
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  • Expanding Ka Ora, Ka Ako is ‘bread and butter’ action to alleviate the cost-of-healthy-food crisis

    … Summary A major part of the cost-of-living crisis, which is hitting … crisis. Fruit and vegetable prices have increased at a much higher rate than unhealthy packaged foods, and the … cost increases have occurred alongside rents increasing to a record high, while minimum wages remain below the living …
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  • After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?

    … future smokefree possibilities in Aotearoa / New Zealand. A law providing smokefree cars for children is a matter for … first smokefree places law in the world, 1 over 35 years after there was clear evidence that secondhand smoke kills, 2 … years since the first smokefree places law in NZ, 14 years after the first Australian state announced it would require …
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  • Unaffordable home heating increases risk of severe mental distress

    … mental health outcomes for our population. Cold housing is a significant public health issue in many countries. 1-3 Cold … But we are now seeing more evidence that it can have a negative impact on mental health as well. What does the … initially, the odds of reporting severe mental distress after becoming unable to keep the home adequately warm almost …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Good health in childhood is vital for lifelong wellbeing: time for a preventive approach

    … This blog looks at solutions t o improve child health : a child impact lens on policy, lifting income support, action … many children and whānau and placed even more pressure on a health system. This pressure makes it challenging for the … be geared towards child wellbeing and preventive health . A key task for policy-makers is for Aotearoa to make a …
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  • High regret among people who smoke reinforces strong support for smokefree legislation

    … mandate to repeal the SERPA Act, but doing so would create a policy vacuum that fails to support the aspirations of … Act 2022 (SERPA). As we explained in an earlier briefing , a 2023 survey of 3414 16 to 29 year olds found very large … the coalition government proposed repealing the SERPA Act. After the coalition agreement details became public, and …
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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … in BMI is linear, relentless increasing; no sign of a plateau, yet. Given this trend, The Diabesity Crisis … research and policy priorities? The Ministry of Health has a very user friendly tool for accessing Health Survey data , … do they compare with past trends? There is nothing like a long time series to gain an understanding about …
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  • Does change in income and deprivation change your smoking risk? Yes, but in different directions.

    … followed over several years.  We found that moving from a neighbourhood with the least deprived fifth of New … fifth increased someone’s odds or chance of smoking by a large 83%. This increase in your chances of being a smoker … to help prevent both drinking and smoking as smoking is often a complementary activity to drinking, and adopting …
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  • A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model – guiding better housing and urban development

    … ownership and private rental. Consequently Māori make up a significant proportion of public housing tenants. … New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities have developed A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model for Housing and … individual and group characteristics, with culture being a key factor. 1  This awareness has led to transformations in …
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  • Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

    … goal is not yet clear. Introduction This blog provides a summary of some key points from the 2018-19 NZ Health … to be achieved for Māori, and is likely to be missed by a very large margin. Figure 2: Daily smoking among Māori … in quit rates by ethnicity and socio-economic status. After some initial promising reductions in uptake among young …
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