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  • The case for tobacco supply restrictions

    … This finding led the researchers and groups advocating for public health to call for further investigation of retailer … amounts to a claim that tobacco profits should trump public health.  That is, the “important revenue stream” …
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  • NZ’s long-running Campylobacter epidemic from poultry: Now with antibiotic resistance

    … treatment. AMR is considered a major threat to global health and the World Health Organization is urging all states to take immediate … is the political will to act on this important and costly public health problem. … NZ’s long-running Campylobacter …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … Summary New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data for 2023/2024 have been released. … great concern among parents, communities and schools, and health workers. Successive governments have proposed measures … are members of ASPIRE Aotearoa and the Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago, …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    …   Image from a World Health Organization poster In a modelling study we just … in funding other aspects of tobacco control and/or to fund health services. An extra plus is that the weight of evidence … suggests that tobacco tax increases contribute to reducing health inequalities (for 2 recent systematic reviews see here …
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  • What’s the right Covid-19 risk to live with – an Australian perspective

    … the state, as well as the optimal strategy in terms of  health and cost impacts . We have now updated this modelling … 240 scenarios. Graphic: Supplied We doubt the Australian public would tolerate more than 10 per cent of their time in … than 5.0 – so we can delete 5.0. Fifthly, the Australian public is unlikely to accept the high and unacceptable risk …
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  • Daily aspirin for preventing cancer and heart disease – where to from here in NZ?

    … looks at the issues and considers possible responses by NZ health agencies and research funders.   What is the evidence? … – 0.17 deaths caused by aspirin by age 75   What might NZ health agencies do now? A possible first step is for a … Indeed one recent UK study reported that the general public would only take a daily tablet for disease prevention …
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  • Cycling and walking in six NZ cities: Where are we at?

    … credit: Jenny Ombler Active transport is important for health and sustainability. But no one has previously looked … cycling) are also well-known. Active transport is good for health, the environment and the economy (1-3). But how well … levels of physical activity and lower levels of harm to health from inactivity-related conditions, such as high blood …
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  • The urgent need for a Covid-19 Action Plan for Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … and adults , with concerning implications for their health now and in the future. Children with persisting … an Action Plan for Schools needs to be founded on sound public health principles and evidence. The immediate focus … * Author details: All authors are with the Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, except for Dr …
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  • The 5000 annual deaths caused by smoking also matter

    … it. 2 However, disputing scientific evidence and attacking public health researchers could not withstand the accumulating … 2006 that tobacco companies’ sustained deception of the US public became a matter of record. 4,5 Nonetheless, 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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