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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey

    … Summary New Zealand Health Survey data for 2022/2023 were released today. Daily … 10.1% for people in the lowest quintile. Implications for public health practice and policy Without the measures … burdened by smoking and the harms it causes. Public health practitioners should continue to advocate for …
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  • Progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Congratulations to the Government

    … generation” idea). Given sufficient political and public support, and effective implementation, New Zealand is … minimal smoking prevalence and eliminate smoking-related health disparities in Aotearoa. Key measures proposed … policy would prohibit the sale, and the supply in a public place, of smoked tobacco products to new cohorts from …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … support, including among people who smoke. The Ministry of Health’s analysis of submissions to the consultation on the … challenges if it is only set out in the regulations. Timeline for introduction of policy Implement an immediate … features, and some gaps in smokefree environment policies. Public education Prior to implementation, educate the public …
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  • Front-of-pack nutrition labels improve understanding but don’t improve healthy food choices; Starlight Trial just published

    … Health Star Rating and Traffic Light nutrition labels have a … allocated to one of three labels: Traffic Light labels, Health Star Rating labels, or Nutrition Information Panels. … participants were randomised to: traffic light labels, health star rating and nutrition information The study …
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  • Media release: Can we move to a low carbon, healthy transport system?

    … for this country according to results of a survey by the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC). This is the third in our … healthy transport system - looks at the questions around public transport pricing and shifting Aotearoa NZ to more …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … Summary Alcohol is one of the major causes of health loss in Aotearoa NZ. It is now available at people's … Authors details Shauni Burke - postgraduate public health student at Massey University  Christine Roseveare - Lecturer, Public Health, School of Health Sciences at Massey University …
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  • Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax

    … we published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health , we reviewed the meta-analyses on replacing dietary … governments to start in terms of food taxes (see a recent Public Health Expert post on this.) Regardless of the direct …
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  • What does recent biomarker literature say about the likely harm from e-cigarettes?

    … evidence yet about long-term effects of e-cigarette use on health outcomes, a lot more future research will be needed to … on biomarker studies? Estimating the potential harm to health from using e-cigarettes is very complex given the … Also past estimates (as per previous reports by Public Health England (5) and the Royal College of Physicians …
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  • Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?

    … of the research possibilities of this tool of relevance to public health. Using Google Street View (GSV) for research is … We have also used GSV for studying drinking fountains in public places in NZ (of modest benefit – in work yet to be …
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  • Making tobacco less available is both necessary and feasible – New NZ study

    … in relation to a product range about which the long-term health effects are still largely unknown. Yet the commotion … this situation? Tobacco’s wide availability is a major public health problem. Easier access to outlets selling … study by ASPIRE 2025 researchers found politicians and public servants believed reducing tobacco availability was …
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