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  • What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence 2025? Lots of cessation.

    … Smokefree Oceania Conference in Auckland next week.  But what would it take in the way of reductions in uptake (or … for Māori.  We concluded that changes in initiation rates are not as important as changes in cessation rates to achieve … Although restrictions on retail outlets may help with both ongoing denormalisation, and may be a necessary …
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  • NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from food marketing

    … and can be a source of great enjoyment. These benefits are interrupted by unhealthy food and drink marketing which … Māori. We need to stop linking unhealthy foods and drinks with hedonic pleasure and rewards in the form of plastic toys … being an agent of capitalism, a consumer of products. What’s new in this Briefing? The WHO has released new …
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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … context.   Image sourced from Institut économique Molinari What does this new European Report find? The key finding of … “Zero Covid countries retained a significant advantage with a 15% reduction in mobility in January-February 2021 … -35%). The Report also makes several recommendations which are mainly from the perspective of how the Report’s findings …
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  • Keeping public health on the agenda for the new government

    … come new plans, new commitments, and new areas of focus. What doesn’t change are the health and sustainability challenges we face as a … articles will cover a range of issues but are linked by a common thread of drawing attention to policy opportunities …
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  • The marked decline of sudden mass fatality events in NZ (1900 to 2015)

    … in 1968, Source: Civil Defence website photo library What were the main findings of this new study? Our study (1) … per person-years of exposure (see Figure), and also the associated mortality rate (both at highly statistically … conditions in the single year of 2006 (3), many of which are preventable. This suggests that addressing the major …
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  • Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax

    … the meta-analyses on replacing dietary saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats to prevent heart attacks and … intake this may increase intakes of trans -fats which are clearly hazardous and which have been banned in processed … saturated fats, it is important to also consider the wider problems from animal fat consumption. That is livestock …
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  • Media release: Surge in whooping cough cases highlights need for improved immunisation access for mothers and infants

    … Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Aotearoa NZ. If we are to reduce the impact, we need to have an accountable … empowered to make informed decisions about immunisation with evidence-based information.  "Also NZ research has shown …
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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022/23 NZ Health Survey

    … and daily smoking prevalence from 2011/12 to 2019/20 with a greater rate of decline between 2019/20 and 2021/22. … and Smokefree legislation  and information on the repeal  are on our website. In November 2023, Aotearoa’s new … goal is achieved equitably and as quickly as possible. What is new in this Briefing The prevalence of daily smoking …
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  • Charting our way back to normal

    … vaccines and considers opening borders. See here for an associated explanatory video. Article reproduced with … is we do not know, and only time will tell. Moreover, we are privileged in Australasia to have little-to-zero … morbidity and/or mortality. Our own interpretation of what the model suggests is that: The likelihood of future …
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  • Using the CovidCard to enhance protection from COVID-19 at the NZ border

    … Border controls are critical in preventing future COVID-19 outbreaks in NZ. … of isolation) have indicated other design and operational problems. On Thursday 20 August, both the Government and the … modelling studies (reviewed by Anglemyer et al, 2020), but what is the point of using the CovidCard in MIQ facilities? …
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