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  • Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives

    … of Otago Wellington. “The Electricity Authority’s first report assessing compliance with the Consumer Care Guidelines … dependent consumers or people who critically rely on electricity to support their health. Those earlier … Guidelines are designed to avoid disconnection for unpaid bills according to Dr O’Sullivan. “The guidelines also say …
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  • Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?

    … and explains that “ no restrictions are proposed on where e-cigarettes can be sold so this would include, for … do so from any outlet; retailers are not required to list on a register of tobacco sellers, let alone obtain a licence … while providing smokers with access to expert advice on using a potential new smoking cessation product. …
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  • What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States?

    … lack of adequate gun control and the political constraints on research (eg, federal prohibitions on firearms research [3]). But despite these issues, parts of … US states/territories , see also here ). Higher age limits on tobacco purchasing of 21 years in many US jurisdictions …
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  • Public health and Budget 2024

    … 2%. These are insufficient to have a meaningful impact on health.  So what does the budget mean for the Public … want results within timeframes for which they can take credit. 1 This has led to health being predominantly the … are already deprived.  It is unclear if a shrinking and under attack public sector is up to the task of shrinking and …
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  • Media release: New Zealand’s hungry teens four years behind in their learning - free school lunches provide solution

    … times a week." To put this into perspective, twenty points on the PISA scale is regarded as equivalent to one year of … accounted for known effects of socio-economic deprivation on educational achievement so that the effects of hunger on the PISA scores could be determined, irrespective of …
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  • Improving the health of our children: Project Energize bang for the health $

    … to make GP visits and prescriptions free for children aged under 13 from 1 July 2015. There was also $40 million for a … to eat healthier and exercise more. This is modelled on the Australian Health Together Victoria Programme which … is Energized Practices which applies the Energize model to medical centres. This is a 15 month NZ Ministry of Health …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims

    … as deadly and addictive as tobacco, which causes death on an unprecedented scale, to be sold anywhere and by anyone. … put forward concerns the potential economic impact on small retailers if they were no longer able to sell … who go to dairies to buy cigarettes typically spend money on other things , such as groceries or treats. Tobacco …
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  • Covid-19 Case-Fatality Risk & Infection-Fatality Risk – important measures to help guide the pandemic response

    … in excess mortality (further supported in a May 2022 Report by the World Health Organization [WHO]). In this blog, … the NZ Ministry of Health, we can estimate the CFR based on the reported deaths and reported cases. Figure 1 shows the … when looking at the entirety of the pandemic, depending on several variables, such as country-specific demographic …
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  • The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?

    … Covid-19 infection. 2-5 Decreased household expenditure on tobacco will help those groups (i.e., low-income) most … Act … further taxation increases’ and ‘other restrictions on the supply side, such as a register of approved tobacco … since (and including) the Māori Affairs Select Committee report on the tobacco industry and its effects on Māori, 14 …
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  • Social advantage associated with greenhouse emissions from transport in Aotearoa

    … the least deprived quintile. Transport policy must focus on measures to reduce emissions that are effective and reduce … more, the difference was an extra 97 kilometres per week on average travelled by private vehicle. Air travel stood … households spend proportionately far more of their income on transport (16 % in 2016) compared to high-income …
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