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  • Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax

    … in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health , we reviewed the meta-analyses on replacing dietary … article strongly indicate this. But it may be that more health gain might be achieved if such taxes were also used to … fat tax could also fund a media education campaign on the health benefits of increasing nut consumption and the …
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  • Warmest New Zealand winter ever recorded – The Government should do more on climate change

    … levels of damage to human civilisation – a public health threat on a scale larger than we usually consider. … book on the ethics of climate change. Fortunately from a health perspective, various actions to reduce greenhouse emissions will have benefits for public health. Some of these actions may even save society money and …
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  • Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?

    … 2 3 Furthermore, smokers are greatly impacted by the health harms caused by smoking, as well as by social and … smoking uptake is a priority from a societal and public health perspective, and is necessary to achieve and sustain a … products into R18 (or R21) venues, may further limit youth access to smoked tobacco products. Mandated product …
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  • Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations

    … The new Act represents an important step in managing access to ENDS and HTPs, and regulating how these are … extend the approach taken in NZ. For several years, public health researchers, parents and school principals have … be required to display information about where smokers may access these services, which could provide on-going …
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  • Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy

    … highlighted the obligation of governments to safeguard the health of the population. It’s time to address the smoking … of tobacco for those who do smoke (Gendall et al, 2014). Access is easier for young people in communities where adult … effects of the policy. Therefore, mass media and community-based initiatives to explain TFG and its rationale, …
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  • Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

    … blog post ). So to help with strategic planning by the NZ health sector, we aimed to outline various strategic options … which would be best. Lessons from other endgames in public health may be relevant. See this blog post. * Our general … smokefree policies, regularly refreshed pictorial health warnings, strengthening of retailer controls to reduce …
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  • The case for tobacco supply restrictions

    … availability of products, and the ease with which we can access them, is also very important.  Nearly a century ago, … led the researchers and groups advocating for public health to call for further investigation of retailer … that would reduce the ease with which young people can access tobacco products. The New Zealand Association of …
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  • Calculating cardiovascular risk with online calculators – scope for improvement?

    … ways to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) – with public health measures being particularly critical. These include … (2)). But individual measures are also important – with health workers providing targeted advice on lifestyle change … such calculators “may best be used in conjunction with health professionals who can guide the user through the …
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  • Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ

    … their experiences at the World Conference on Tobacco of Health. All commented that, in retrospect, they would have … also to provide evidence that supports other countries’ health goals. Previously, New Zealand has introduced … studies, such as the Youth Insights Survey run by the Health Promotion Agency (HPA) and Action on Smoking and …
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  • Media release: International experts say abandoning denicotinised cigarettes will cost lives

    … will cost lives. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, Professor Eric Donny from Wake … from the University of Minnesota lay out the public health benefits of denicotinising cigarettes.   “NZ stands at … their nicotine content.”  Professor Donny says the public health benefit of denicotinising cigarettes is likely to be …
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