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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … harm. The Government should assist schools to take a health approach to youth vaping, and fund youth-specific … people toward cigarettes, particularly if they have easy access to tobacco (e.g., via family members who smoke). To … the more harmful product (tobacco) remains harder to access and less attractive than the less harmful product …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: Perspectives from young people

    … sales of smoked tobacco products. Although supported by health researchers, we know little about how young people – … benefits, with the SFG delivering around 5.6 times the health gain per capita to Māori relative to non-Māori, due … To access our new paper, please use this link: …
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  • Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status

    … pandemic virus is highly infectious and is causing major health and economic damage in most countries around the … a number of jurisdictions appear to have eliminated community transmission of the virus (eg, China, Taiwan, Fiji … masks. *** We suggest Level 1 is defined as no evidence of community transmission in NZ for at least 28 days (in the …
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  • From across the Ditch: How Australia has to decide on the least worst option for COVID-19

    … owes a debt of gratitude to its pandemic modellers, public health officials and politicians – we have avoided the … of the speeding epidemic car, as well as dealing with the health services avalanche. We have three choices. First, we … Unemployment and precarious housing leads to worse health and premature deaths too – possibly more than a …
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  • Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively?

    … accelerate smoking cessation, and therefore improve the health of many New Zealanders. It could also support the … exclusive vaping, means smokers continue to face serious health risks from coronary heart disease and stroke, even if … be limited to specialist vape stores and pharmacies, where staff with technical expertise and a commitment to smoking …
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  • Media release: New Zealand’s hungry teens four years behind in their learning - free school lunches provide solution

    … test for 15-year-olds, reigniting calls for broader access to free healthy school lunches. "The 2022 PISA … McKelvie-Sebileau. Analysis by Dr McKelvie-Sebileau and Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) co-chair Professor Boyd Swinburn in the latest Public Health Communication Centre Briefing found New Zealand’s food …
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  • Media release: ACC turns 50 - Time to up the game on injury prevention

    … to experts. In  the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre , long-time researcher on ACC, Dr … Keall. Dr Duncan says ACC can play a stronger public health role in our society.  “Greater collaboration with public health researchers, government agencies, and community organisations would strengthen ACC's evidence-based …
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  • Media release: Youth vaping -The implications of addiction

    … negative impacts on their wellbeing, warn public health and addiction experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Otago ASPIRE … The debate around vaping has generally focused on harm to health but nicotine addiction has wider implications for …
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  • New Zealand can lead the world in tobacco control: Plain packaging 2.0

    … impactful warning compared to a plain pack with a strong health warning. Evidence that this particular group was less … Initially introduced to increase smokers’ awareness of the health risks smoking causes, new evidence suggests health … to foreground cessation information and facilitate access to quitting support. Although tobacco packages …
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  • The long shadow of Cyclone Gabrielle: Brief review at 12 months

    … than 10,500 , and caused a range of acute and long-term health effects. The estimated cost was up to $14.5 billion – … for many people is likely to be having ongoing mental health impacts. A survey of Napier residents conducted in May … in 2022). Various other reports suggest persisting mental health impacts as a result of effects on employment 6 and for …
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