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Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking
… such as asthma. 1 2 Smoking in the confined space of a car exposes children involuntarily to extremely high levels of SHS. 3 4 This evidence helped to trigger calls to … for change, successive NZ governments did not act, a failure we called out in Public Health Expert blogs in 2013 …
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NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from food marketing
… policies to protect children from the harmful impacts of food marketing. This Briefing outlines how NZ falls short, … people, cultures and the environment, and can be a source of great enjoyment. These benefits are interrupted by … Implications for public health policy and practices Failure to implement stronger policies may jeopardise the …
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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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Climate change and cherry blossom
… climate change expert. Alistair was Convening Lead Author of Chapter 11 (Human Health) in the 5 th IPCC Assessment … some suggested, that it coincided with the final day of the IPCC meeting in Yokohama. The IPCC (Intergovernmental … the directions taken by recent research and the persistent failure of international negotiations to make progress toward …
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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 smokefree generation policy (SFG). 1 Implementing an SFG …
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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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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. … as it is their initiative that has led to the introduction of this important policy, which will reduce the appeal of …
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