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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table Series: Prevention versus treatment, voluntary versus mandatory, targeted versus untargeted – can we generalize?

    … to compare health sector interventions, and provided a ‘mini-user guide’ for the BODE 3 Interactive League Table. … industry (but in this sodium case we known that industry can easily achieve major reductions in sodium levels in … status of the breast cancer Summary In this blog we have show-cased some themes that are suggested with current …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … contains some important provisions as it works to strike a balance between ensuring regulated products are available … vaping uptake by young people that we summarised in a previous blog and clarifies that the ban on tobacco … on the far more deadly smoked tobacco products that they can sell.  Such a situation defies logic and undermines …
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  • Media release: Severe domestic squalor in Aotearoa New Zealand: A preliminary survey

    … domestic squalor throughout Aotearoa NZ according to a preliminary survey of key agencies. In the latest Briefing … Concern organisations and district and city councils which show nearly all were involved with clients living in severe … and distrust of others, people who live in squalor can suffer a “lonely death” and remain undiscovered for a …
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  • Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively?

    … of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), which can closely replicate smoking actions, has fostered hopes … of dual use is likely as smokers transition to vaping, can we shorten that period, reduce the possibility smokers will plateau at a lower level of smoking and not go on to quit, and provide …
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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey

    … analyses of the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) revealed a steady decline in current and daily smoking prevalence from 2011/12 to 2019/20 with a greater rate of decline between 2019/20 and 2021/22. … and socio-economic status (SES) persisted. In addition, a substantial proportion of young people smoked in 2021/22.   …
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  • Stubbing out democracy: no Government mandate for smokefree repeal

    … Smokefree Aotearoa goal. We assess whether this action has a mandate and legitimacy. Repeal of the legislation was not … However, the key question is not whether the government can proceed in this way but rather whether it should . If … it is too late and do what should be done, not just what can be done. What is new in this Briefing We review whether …
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  • Implementing healthy food environment policies in Aotearoa

    … that children see. Sixty experts prioritised the need for a comprehensive multi-sector food systems strategy and for … support actions were prioritised for immediate action. A mandatory approach needs to be adopted in many policy … food to children and healthy food policies in schools, and a new national nutrition survey is urgently needed. This …
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  • New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain

    … on youth vaping and proposes introducing new measures in a new bill. These include disallowing disposable vapes, … truly wishes to “crack down” on youth vaping, it must take a more comprehensive approach. When vaping products were … market, the Ministry of Health accepted they could offer a less harmful alternative to smoking 1 but did not …
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  • A 100 years ago: The worst year of the First World War for New Zealand

    … the worst year of the First World War for New Zealand from a premature mortality perspective, with 5547 deaths. We have just presented on this topic at a Symposium at Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa … of Passchendaele (October 1917). In the latter there was a single day (12 October) where 846 personnel were killed …
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  • Media release: The economic argument for our world-leading smokefree legislation – new research

    … considerable growth in income for New Zealanders with a total gain of NZ$46 billion by 2050 according to new … looks at the growth in income for the NZ population as a result of the smokefree policies, and also ways of … the authors have listed various ways that a government can reduce its reliance on tobacco tax revenue. These options …
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