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  • Major vaping reforms: Will they deliver on public health aims?

    … to quit vaping. However, industry non-compliance poses a major threat, and key regulatory gaps still require urgent … of 16-19 year olds who vaped used disposable vapes most often, and an additional 16% used ‘multiple products’ likely … (disposable) vape products. 18   However, in 2022 (well after disposable vapes became widely available), fewer than …
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  • How should we manage the harm caused by tobacco product waste?

    … that smoking caused lung cancer and other serious (and often fatal) illnesses. Advertising at the time declared … health” and sought to reassure smokers that switching to a filtered option was an alternative to quitting, 1 even … leaching toxic chemicals into the soil before being often swept into waste water systems and out to sea, where …
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  • The high burden from mental health disorders – but also an opportunity for cost-effective interventions

    … et al ; Degenhardt et al ). These two studies are a valuable contribution to knowledge about health problems and come from a massive international research project. The results should … these were the second most important cause of health loss after coronary heart disease (but for NZ women they were the …
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  • Promoting physical activity through the prescription of smartphone apps in primary care: Likely to produce health gains and cost-savings

    … cost-savings. Introduction Inadequate physical activity is a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes, … of mobile phones makes mHealth interventions scalable to a broad population [9, 10]. While there are a number of … of consultation, and the literature suggests that GPs are often particularly time-limited [25]. However, is unclear …
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  • Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?

    … than two months before the government’s own target for a Smokefree 2025 becomes due, it has released an “action … and persisting smoking inequities first advocated for a Tupeka Kore (tobacco free) Aotearoa. 4   Since the 1980s, Aotearoa’s   action on tobacco control had involved a mix of mostly demand-reduction focused population level …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … online have been expanding globally, with alcohol being a relatively new commodity to be sold in this way in … had drunk alcohol in the past year with 21% drinking in a hazardous way . 6 7 Māori, Pacific peoples, those living in … delivery services, and widespread access. 11 For example, a 2019 Australian study 12 showed that nearly 70% of …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … an app, locate an e-scooter using the app map, and unlock a device they would like to use by scanning a QR code on the e-scooter they wish to ride. In New Zealand, users pay $1 to hire the e-scooter and 30 cents a minute, or around $18 an hour . The Lime website states: “ …
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  • Fifteen years after Pike River: Time for leadership on workplace health and safety

    … Summary Fifteen years after the Pike River mine disaster that killed 29 men, … around $5 billion annually. Despite the introduction of a new regulator, Worksafe in 2013, and the Health and Safety … New Zealand Institute of Safety Management … Fifteen years after Pike River: Time for leadership on workplace health and …
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  • New Zealand doing okay in cancer survival: Results from the largest ever cross-national comparison of cancer survival

    … combined analysis (CONCORD-2). Never before has such a comparable set of survival estimates been available. And … first thing that stands out is that survival in the UK is often lowest – an embarrassing statistic from the UK’s … Interestingly, this gap in survival was usually achieved after just one-year post-diagnosis, pointing to the …
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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … Summary The Labour Party has released a factsheet outlining plans to “crack down” on youth vaping. Proposals include introducing a licensing scheme, increasing the penalties that people … governments been so slow to recognise youth vaping as a problem and how effective will Labour’s proposed new …
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