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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … indicates potentially conflicting policy directions. On the one hand, excise tax increases continue to stimulate … involving tobacco, retailers who sell tobacco products report they have faced increasing crime, including violent … tobacco excise tax increases should continue, but only under specific conditions. First, close monitoring of the …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … an Aotearoa Occupational Health Service, with a focus on establishing lifetime access to screening and healthcare … opinion. The NZCS included either 44 or 54 agents (they report inconsistently) classified as IARC Group 1 or 2A. The … produce the final sample of 4,051. Māori and Pasifika are under-represented in comparison to their population numbers …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … It is now available at people's fingertips through online on-demand delivery – within two hours from ordering. This … enact to address this risk to health and wellbeing.    On-demand services online have been expanding globally, with … most harmful drugs in Aotearoa, with widespread impacts on the hauora of the individual, whānau, community and wider …
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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … high quality movies as part of public health teaching for medical students. In this blog post we detail the movies and reflect on some of the aspects that make them both educational and … been made freely available to students and staff from our medical school library (University of Otago, Wellington) and …
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  • The health impacts of the First World War for NZ: A Review

    … This blog summarises our just published article on the mortality and morbidity impacts of the First World War … infections estimated at 12,000 cases (albeit probably an under-estimate). Impact in NZ A summary of the health impacts … is unlikely to include minor wounds that did not require medical attention. Non-fatal illnesses Not fully quantified …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … to summarise current Covid-19 surveillance trends, comment on the evidence for there being a fourth wave of infection, … their lowest 7-day moving average of 1132 cases per day on 11 February 2023. The numbers subsequently rose reaching a … – Anyone testing positive for Covid-19 is required to report their case status on-line . Positive results will …
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  • NZ Health Strategy Consultation Draft – are the big prevention programmes really in there?

    … In this blog we comment for a second time this week on the consultation draft of the NZ Health Strategy, focusing … varies enormously by age and receptor subtype – paper under review.) Cancer care coordinators might be deemed a … a theme, making six themes in total. Articulate the need under ‘intelligent systems’ for (cost-effectiveness) …
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  • Climate change and cherry blossom

    … of Chapter 11 (Human Health) in the 5 th IPCC Assessment Report. A commentary on the full chapter is available at the Lancet.  Listen to … of the cherry blossom. Families spread out blankets under the trees along the waterfront and celebrated the …
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  • A public health perspective on taxing harmful products

    … are important given that taxation has a large impact on human well-being, the economy and the environment. In the … inequalities where possible. In this blog we just focus on health-related taxes and their potential impact on health … health experts in NZ and also in a thorough Law Commission Report [28]. Increasing alcohol tax is very likely to produce …
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  • Dropping the ball on measles? Aotearoa must close an ‘immunity gap’ to avoid a measles epidemic

    … we estimate at least 156,000 susceptible children aged under 17 years, of whom over 117,000 are aged under 12 … using digital tools. Author details Dr Oz Mansoor , Medical Officer of Health, Tairāwhiti (on sabbatical with … 0.10% 16.6% 40,592  1.99 5-12y 529,290  88.1% 3.9% 90.7% 500 0.09% 9.2% 48,570  1.10 13-17y 339,750  84.3% 5.5% 88.4% …
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