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  • Junk food and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Likely to produce numerous benefits in NZ

    … Introduction Poor diet (containing energy-dense foods with high levels of sugar and fat) is an important driver of … epidemic.[1-4] Moreover, both poor diet and obesity are major risk factors for noncommunicable diseases, … Table 1 . Details of tax packages selected for inclusion What level of benefits does the new NZ modelling show? Our …
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  • A new online calculator for estimating how much a society might spend on life-saving interventions

    … and NZ$ 0.2 million for an 80-year-old, assuming we are willing to spend $45,000 per healthy life-years gained … threshold. The underlying model is a simple lifetable with average population health system costs and morbidities … critical assumptions (outlined in an online user guide). What do the results show for NZ? The EMIC to save a life …
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  • Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health

    … of state-of-the-art tobacco control policies.   We start with a key highlight of this Conference for New Zealand being … government tobacco control plan if endgame goals are to be achieved. This was a key recommendation of the … try adding a question to surveys along the lines of “at what age would you like your children to start smoking – …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits

    … in place for a relatively short period (piloted in 2020 with expansion to reach 25% of schools at the end of 2021), … outcomes and impacts of school food programmes to extend what is already known locally about Ka Ora, Ka Ako. 1  The … figures  measured previously (between 2020 and 2021) are more likely explained by COVID-related factors and …
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  • Progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Congratulations to the Government

    … it will promote uptake and compliance when these measures are implemented. The plan also commits to greater research, … suggested as an option that could provide a strong link with smoking cessation advice.” (p 14). This measure would … to help reduce disparities in smoking as tobacco retailers are heavily concentrated in disadvantaged areas. 3 NZ …
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  • Smokefree Laws: Reducing tobacco outlets will decrease crime

    … police data on ram raids, which suggests these crimes are decreasing and that only a minority target tobacco … provide empirical evidence to support those “concerns”. What is the evidence Mr Luxon and Dr Reti should have … why they propose acting in a way that will be inconsistent with police data The figure below shows ram raids rose until …
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  • After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?

    … cars carrying those under 18 years to be smokefree, what can we learn from the process for smokefree and wider … of NZ smokers showing high support for smokefree cars with children. 4 Only now do we get a NZ law for protecting … opportunity to change some NZ policy priorities. What are some of the changes for NZ that might happen in that …
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  • Limiting the size of single serve sugary drinks: New NZ study on health and cost impacts

    … (2008/09). The purpose of this modelling was to estimate what would happen if a serving size cap was imposed on all … a further decrease in the population sugar intake, with associated greater health gains. One of the most important … one 250mL container instead of their usual 600ml bottle, are they more likely to increase their energy intake from …
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  • Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

    … performed: this study (7) and this updated one (8). There are always limitations with modelling-level evidence, but other such work suggests … which have not yet been implemented internationally but are likely on theoretical grounds to make very substantial …
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  • The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?

    … their addiction has an even greater importance. Smokers are more vulnerable to many harmful health effects, including … of seven New Zealand political parties and found that they are largely ignoring the strategies that would help smokers … (Labour, National, ACT, Greens, NZ First, Māori and TOP) with details of such a plan. Of the seven parties whose …
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