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New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain
… disallowing disposable vapes, reducing the visibility of in-store and online displays and introducing stronger … exposure to vaping products and remove their product of choice: inexpensive single-use vapes. However, some of … nicotine product manufacturers from influencing its policy development, in line with Article 5.3 of the Framework …
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The Smokefree Generation: Perspectives from young people
… (SFG) policy; over time, this policy would end sales of smoked tobacco products. Although supported by health … denicotinisation, a large reduction in the availability of smoked tobacco products, and the introduction of a … the value of incorporating young people’s views in policy development and implementation. In particular, their comments …
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Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ
… plain, packages. In this blog, we discuss the importance of developing an on-going monitoring and evaluation plan … feature new, enlarged pictorial warning labels, but none of the brand livery formerly conveyed on tobacco packaging. … 16 17 New Zealand needs an ongoing programme of warning development and implementation so tobacco packages feature …
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Introducing an Online Data Explorer Tool: 30 years of NZ mortality and cancer data
… Zealanders (1). Also four times as many Māori women die of lung cancer than their European/Pakeha counterparts (2). The human cost of the premature death and cancer diagnoses resulting from … these inequalities provide the backdrop and motivate much of the public health work in NZ. However, these data have not …
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Why don’t we make rental housing safer?
… by institutional arrangements that favour the framing of home injury as a product of individual behaviour and culpability rather than … remain ineffectively enforced. The home can be a site of multiple hazards leading to the risk of falls, burns, and …
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Perspective: The NZ Health Research Strategy Discussion Document – much scope for improvement
… alternative Vision Statement is proposed. It makes a lot of sense for a country to have a health research strategy. It … Island countries to assist these nations with health development and to identify lessons for the rest of the world … health inequalities in NZ. Make the health system more sustainable (economically viable and in terms of carbon …
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A century of health inequalities in NZ – new data
… a study that looks at two historical datasets – with one of these suggesting life span differences by occupational … NZ troops, 1918 – our study found that the lifespan of non-combat troops varied by occupational class What we … factor for health internationally. A recent meta-analysis of 48 cohort studies reported that low SEP was the third most …
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Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset
… that are critical for the prevention and management of Covid-19. Tax is the way we all share our resources in … the 1980s. 1 As a flat tax, GST takes a bigger chunk out of the incomes of the poor and thus does nothing to reduce inequalities. …
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Kiwi public health doc reporting back from Victoria (Australia): “Do quarantine well!”
… a letter home. I have now been full-time at the University of Melbourne since 2019. Before that, I was 20 years at the University of Otago, Wellington. Indeed, I set up this very Public … as a person who is new to the State, and not part of the formal apparatus, has been an interesting outside-in …
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Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?
… industry. Legal developments in 2023 have reduced the risk of litigation, removing a significant barrier to developing … renewed opportunity for LAPs to reduce the availability of alcohol and the harms that this causes, particularly in … reduction through a LAP depends on meaningful involvement of Māori that upholds Te Tiriti o Waitangi responsibilities, …
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