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  • Modifying homes to prevent falls is very cost-effective: New NZ study

    … we take a closer look at this intervention and consider what policy-makers, NGOs and citizens might wish to consider … doing in response to the evidence.   The NZ Burden of Disease Study (NZBDS) reported that falls cause 10% of all … of the health loss from femoral fractures (1,2). What is this home modification intervention? Home safety …
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  • Ready or not? Pandemic preparedness index and implications for NZ

    … how the world remains vulnerable to the persisting risk of pandemics. The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is one … specific comments on the findings, are in the Appendix. What this means for NZ? We have previously described NZ’s … pandemics and minimise harms if they cannot be avoided. What is new in this Briefing? One tool for informing pandemic …
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  • Government struggling with evidence: HTPs, addiction levels, and Smokefree 2025

    … heated tobacco products as smoking cessation tools. Nor does the evidence support assertions that the population of people who still smoke are more 'hardened' (i.e., more … in Aotearoa is “softening” rather than “hardening”.   What impact will halving the excise tax on HTPs have? The …
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  • Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle

    … threat posed by the Influenza A(H5N1) virus. This strain of what is commonly known as ‘bird flu’ has sparked concerns … of efforts to track this emerging outbreak. “Based on what we know, the virus currently poses a low but increasing …
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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … within existing legislation, and reducing the visibility of vaping products. In this briefing, we review vaping … we need more information on the proposed criteria. What protective perimeters and density restrictions will be … stores in some CBDs and suburban areas . While the policy does not answer these important questions, it nonetheless …
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  • Covid-19 was no black swan, but a paradigmatic black elephant

    … In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, everybody now knows that: Warnings … Psychological research has shown that these kinds of rare but devastating events are exactly the ones humans … this point home, I noted in the news today that a resident of Westport (a New Zealand town flooded by a ‘1 in 100 year …
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  • Oral nicotine products: Expanding the nicotine marketplace

    … Summary Faced with declining use of their smoked tobacco products, tobacco companies have … or nicotine product use. 9 That is, an “additive” strategy does not promote transition from one product to another but … marketing that has already begun to target them. What this Briefing adds Although oral nicotine products …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … such as asthma. 1 2 Smoking in the confined space of a car exposes children involuntarily to extremely high … So now that a law is finally being enacted in Aotearoa, what effect can we expect and how can we maximise the … monitoring and assessment of the new law. 9 Finally, what lessons should we learn from the experience of passing …
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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 … tax sensitive to sugar content (see our previous blog ). What about New Zealand? The case for a soft drink tax in NZ … and subsidies . Change the price of one food, and not only does its consumption change, but also the consumption of …
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  • Study of NZ fruit & vegetable prices suggests markets best value-for-money

    … in PLOS ONE . In this blog post we elaborate on some of the details, including the finding that prices were … lower at markets compared to supermarkets (with a family of four potentially saving up to $49 per week by buying at … markets compared to from a supermarket). We also consider what else that central and local government could do to …
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