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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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Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory
… Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago Wellington, we are urging the Electricity Authority … Act 2010 and the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 – and the EA can propose amendments to the Code so that it delivers better outcomes for consumers. These …
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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 the recently released Bill’s proposals raise new …
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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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Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed
… As part of the consultation process to denicotinise cigarettes and reduce the number of stores selling tobacco, Associate Minister of Health Dr … 5 may have helped normalise vaping as a common lifestyle practice within this age group. Vaping products have evolved …
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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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Oral nicotine products: Expanding the nicotine marketplace
… Summary Faced with declining use of their smoked tobacco products, tobacco companies have … Aotearoa New Zealand law currently disallows the sale of ONPs, although Associate Minister Casey Costello has … products has also risen. Implications for policy and practice Until there is robust, independent evidence that …
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After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?
… This blog discusses the passing of the Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor … officials and policymakers. As we celebrate the passing of legislation which will require cars carrying those under … smokefree cars for children, 3 13 years since a survey of NZ smokers showing high support for smokefree cars with …
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