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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 … is absorbed via oral mucosa rather than by inhalation of cigarette smoke or EC aerosol. Yet, although we lack …
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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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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table – how to use it

    … Last week we introduced the concept of league tables to compare interventions. This week we … Table.  We walk through how to pull down tables and graphs of health gain (quality-adjusted life-years; QALYs), health … simulation studies and cost effectiveness analyses of interventions, but also by comparing interventions …
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  • Death rates dropping – it is a good time to be alive

    … a book later this year ( The Healthy Country? A History of Life and Death in New Zealand ; AUP) that looks in depth at the fascinating story of mortality decline in New Zealand. The path to low … age standardised. There are stunning changes. Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD; ‘heart attacks’) peaked c.1970 (think …
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  • The UK Government shows leadership with a Soft Drink Tax announcement

    … environment. NZ adults consume approximately 29 teaspoons of sugar per day, and children consume approximately 25 … exceed the World Health Organization free sugars target of less than 10% of daily energy (about 12 teaspoons of sugar). Furthermore, …
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  • “Nudging” to improve QR scanning and mask wearing to protect us all during a pandemic

    … A feature of Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 elimination strategy is the rapid identification and then management of any COVID-19 cases arising from border system failures. … high QR code scanning rates enable rapid identification of contacts while wearing masks in indoor public settings, …
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  • Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes

    … line is that such a tax would probably be good for health of all groups in NZ, but particularly the poorest New … not have as large an impact on health as, say, reduction of salt in processed food or food reformulation to reduce … recent “Tackling Obesity” report calls for consideration of a SSB tax, and in 2011 called for action on health …
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  • Food and beverage taxes for a healthier diet: The Pacific experience

    … the Pacific and globally we are seeing a growing impact of the food environment on chronic disease burdens. In … unhealthy food and drinks being introduced since the turn of the century. NZ is at risk of persisting major health burdens by not using such tools to …
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  • ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed

    … direction would be a worthy advance to celebrate 50 years of serving Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The Accident … The blueprint for this scheme was the Woodhouse Report of 1967 which had set out clear principles, addressing both … everyone in the community benefits from the contributions of individuals through work, recreation, and volunteer …
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