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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 1)

    … possibility that the benefits of breast cancer screening are (much) less than previously thought due to over-detection … screening (early detection) is now no longer relevant? 3. What is the amount of over-diagnosis (that is, the extra … that if you look only at the three best quality trials (with the least likelihood of bias) then the reduction in …
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  • Growing evidence linking plastics to serious health risk

    … our exposure to harmful chemicals. Around 16,000 chemicals are used in plastic production, with a quarter known to pose health risks according to lead … will not only reduce our exposure to plastic particles and associated chemicals but also limit the impacts on human …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … So now that a law is finally being enacted in Aotearoa, what effect can we expect and how can we maximise the … but not extinguish, smoking in cars while children are present. There is clear evidence from multiple settings … show that exposure to smoking in the home and in cars is associated with increased adolescent smoking susceptibility …
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  • Vaping very likely to be improving health in NZ – but how does this compare with other options?

    … benefits of vaping (eg, the lower risk of vaping compared with smoking tobacco and increased population-level smoking … gained, all using a 0% discount rate). Note: Error bars are 95% uncertainty intervals This work can also be compared … 29 tobacco control interventions for NZ and Australia that are listed in our online league table at: …
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  • The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos

    … to ask how launching a cheaper cigarette-like product fits with PMI’s vision of a smoke-free future? In this blog we … to society, which expects us to act responsibly. We are doing just that, by delivering a smoke-free future .” On … products. Once the substantive measures in the new law are in place, smoking prevalence will likely fall quickly, …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Why this could eliminate smoking disparities for Māori

    … of smoking among Māori. The views offered in this blog are those of the authors only and may not represent the views … tobacco use to Te Tiriti recognised its close association with Māori experiences of colonisation 7 . In this context … include participating in key decisions around how and what measures are designed, implemented and evaluated and …
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  • Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality

    … how smoked tobacco and vaping products could be regulated with a risk proportionate approach in Aotearoa New Zealand. … risk-proportionate. The main price regulatory measures are excise taxes and GST; the latter applies to all nicotine … on the goal adopted by the National Government in 2011.    What this Briefing adds There is broad consensus for …
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  • Unaffordable home heating increases risk of severe mental distress

    … poverty (also known as energy hardship in Aotearoa 4 ), are caused by factors such as poor building quality, energy … it can have a negative impact on mental health as well. What does the latest research say? A new study from the UK 6 … to keep the home adequately warm between survey waves was associated with statistically significant increases in the …
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  • Cyclone Gabrielle by the numbers – A review at six months

    … 2023. It joined the list of NZ’s mass fatality events with 11 people losing their lives. The cost to the country is … not occurred, this Briefing summarises ‘by the numbers’ what is known about this disaster after six months. Our … the almost 800 marae situated across Aotearoa, 80 percent are built on low-lying coastal land or flood-prone rivers 7 …
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  • Optimising the effects of plain packaging for tobacco – making Quitline information more salient

    … presentation of Quitline information and provide smokers with support to manage the dissonance plain packaging is … number of cigarettes consumed by smokers – the data are clear. While more detailed analyses are required to estimate the role plain packaging has played …
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