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Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?
… journal Tobacco Control , we examined the potential role of increasing tobacco tax for achieving an end to the tobacco … is approaching the under 5% smoking prevalence level that many in the NZ health sector regard as the operational target … of alternatives (such as e-cigarettes); (iii) and how the price elasticity of tobacco might change when prices …
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After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?
… This blog discusses the passing of the Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor … smokefree cars for children is a matter for delight. Many have worked hard and long for this, community workers, … 19 and England 20 ), it is critical that we know how the intervention package is working in NZ. What are the …
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Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis
… Dr Stefanie Vandevijvere, Professor Boyd Swinburn A panel of 71 independent and government experts have undertaken an evaluation of New Zealand Government food environment policies, compared … (n=23) experts rated the level of implementation for each of the 47 good practice policies and infrastructure …
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Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls
… cost-effective. In this blog we discuss these findings and how the country could catch-up to the much higher HPV … found to generate more QALYs per 12-year-old for Māori and people living in deprived areas – so HPV vaccination is … part of the problem might be that NZ parents are given too many options (ie, either school-based or through general …
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Kiwi public health doc reporting back from Victoria (Australia): “Do quarantine well!”
… – better than I expected. The conundrum, though, is how does Australia go forward. There are three options: … and run the risk of low-level transmission occurring in many parts of Australia (this is PM Scott Morrison’s view – … Sutton on Tuesday that announced 10 postcodes (300,000 people; inner northwest of Melbourne) were going back into …
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Media release: Severe domestic squalor in Aotearoa New Zealand: A preliminary survey
… People are living in severe domestic squalor throughout … social withdrawal, hostile attitudes, being older, and in many cases a stubborn refusal of help.” Dr Jarman says the … outcomes for these people but at times need to consider how their living conditions are impacting others. No one …
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New Zealand doing okay in cancer survival: Results from the largest ever cross-national comparison of cancer survival
… (CONCORD-2). Never before has such a comparable set of survival estimates been available. And New Zealand does … Likewise Sweden and the USA. Third, it may be surprising how well South Korea is doing. This is particularly so for … rapid improvements in survival time for this cancer in many countries which considerably outstrips any improvement …
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(Un)licensed to kill: do we need to regulate how tobacco is sold?
… recent articles by Aspire2025 researchers have explored how tobacco sales in New Zealand could be more effectively … messages and help reduce smoking experimentation by young people. Third, fewer tobacco outlets would facilitate … half a million smokers need support to quit smoking. Many of these people live in deprived neighbourhoods …
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Fighting cold, damp housing – a big tick for Warmer Kiwi programme
… to determine if the subsidised heat pumps installed in people’s homes deliver the desired outcomes. The Energy … favour of subsidising heat pumps for low-income families. How heat pumps improve people’s health The housing stock in … for being damp, cold and difficult to heat. This causes many health problems, including respiratory infections and …
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Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes
… line is that such a tax would probably be good for health of all groups in NZ, but particularly the poorest New … for poor and -0.9 for rich (and ignore cross-PE for now [how consumption of other products change]). Then, due to … consumption: – Lets assume a rate ratio of 0.9 for each 1 percentage point reduction in energy intake from SSBs. …
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