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  • ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed

    … (ACC) was launched to provide world-leading, universal, no-fault compensation and rehabilitation for personal injury. … barred, and in return, New Zealanders gained universal no-fault compensation and rehabilitation for personal injury. … injured without consideration of who may be “at fault”. A no-fault approach to injury compensation recognises that …
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  • Limiting the size of single serve sugary drinks: New NZ study on health and cost impacts

    … 3% discounting). We found in our ‘base case’ model (no compensation for reduced energy intake elsewhere in the … suggests that an increased intake of SSBs results in no significant compensation of energy intake by consuming … an intervention that reduces SSB intake would result in no energy compensation. However, in order to deal with this …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … make a quit attempt and quit smoking. These studies found no increase in possible adverse effects like increased … quit rates in the denicotinised cigarettes group, but no differences in measures of anxiety, mood and stress. 4 An … the Action Plan, albeit with some policy omissions e.g., no minimum price strategy, no clear action against filters …
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  • And now the Brits are doing it: A sugary drink tax levy on the industry

    … – reduce obesity rates by around 1%.  Sure, it is no silver bullet for the whole obesity problem, but an impact … cardiovascular disease 11 ; along with studies showing no benefit for health. 12 13 14 Yet even for two of the latter studies finding no association – the authors suggest the null finding is …
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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … This year’s World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) focusses on the tobacco industry’s … able to quit using approved cessation aids, they offer no benefits, but some risks, to non-smokers who begin vaping. …
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  • Dementia: Update on causes and prevention, including the role of COVID-19

    … to the development of Alzheimer’s [ 6] .   There are no cures for dementia and, although some pharmaceuticals have … been developed particularly for Alzheimer’s, there are no resounding treatment successes to date. Management … ORs were 0.89 and 0.56 respectively. There was no association with high cholesterol levels …
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  • Severe domestic squalor in Aotearoa New Zealand: A preliminary survey

    … to assess (had previously never let us inside the home). No power, human faeces throughout the home. Dead cats … where the older person has been sleeping. Rotting home. No access to see or use any facilities. Shower floor used as … when the occupants of homes with hoarding and squalor have no money have left local authorities with large bills. 1 …
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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … summarise, it is probably reasonable to say that there is no scientific consensus on how the potential benefits of ANDS … any risk of harm from ANDS to everyone (i.e., assuming no net benefit from ANDS) Maintain current NZ restrictions on … sales of ANDS at pharmacies could include: (i) possibly no added flavours (as these probably increase attractiveness …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits

    … Minister of Education, David Seymour, has claimed there is no evidence to support Ka Ora, Ka Ako, the Healthy School … on the impact of Ka Ora, Ka Ako on Vote Education, noting no improvement in either school performance or attendance. 2 … others, but this is not obvious to the kids and there is no ‘stigma’ of being needy. Conclusion We think there is …
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  • The hardening hypothesis for smoking – but does the evidence point to “softening” in NZ?

    … or in combination in repeated surveys have generally found no evidence of hardening (1-11). The most recent … day, had not attempted to quit in the past year, and had no intention to quit within 6 months) fell from 41% in 2001 … During a period of reducing smoking prevalence, there were no statistically significant changes in indicators of …
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