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Using a fun “Mask Day” at school to promote pandemic protection in the NZ community
… others performing it [7] [8], this is described as ‘social contagion’. One way to promote mass masking as an act of social contagion, in the absence of a mask mandate, may be … action such as this can potentially foster a sense of social solidarity which can lessen the fear of the pandemic …
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“Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?
… among politicians, teachers, health professionals the media and other opinion formers, decision makers and … and even the Smokefree 2025 goal itself. Overall the social and political environment appears favourable. However, … chosen to stop selling tobacco There are ethical and social justice arguments for and against ending tobacco …
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Five actions to support New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, with a focus on Auckland
… levels of vaccine coverage needed to limit the health and social harm caused by the current pandemic. Several of these … [MBIE], NZ Police, Department of Corrections, Ministry of Social Development [MSD], emergency and social housing providers, Alcohol and Drug Services, Auckland …
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Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19
… limits for driving and (2) larger speed camera fines. Mass media campaigns by ACC on preventable home accidents would … and lower driving speeds would also help. Intensive media information on preventing major home accidents – falls, …
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Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next
… removal of point-of-sale tobacco product displays, mass media campaigns, and enhanced smoking cessation service … less frequent but larger increases (via triggering less media and public discourse around each increase). But less … management and providing budget brands). Stimulating more media attention – which may stimulate more interest in …
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New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke
… people , the vast majority of whom do not smoke. 1 Using social media influencers and sponsorship of youth events, and by … 2 As well as intensive marketing across multiple media platforms, which has continued post-regulation, 3 the …
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Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies
… apply to tobacco products. Monitoring and surveillance of social media promotions that market vaping products to youth by … arguments underpinning the NZ Government’s policy [19]. Social media marketing requires much greater monitoring by NZ …
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Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?
… focused population level interventions (taxes, mass media, smokefree areas and marketing restrictions) and … two Cochrane reviews 15 16 to support its claims that mass media campaigns are highly effective for smoking prevention … review concluded: ‘” there is some evidence that some media campaigns can be effective in preventing the uptake of …
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Update on Long-COVID
… sufferers rather than physicians or biomedical scientists. Social media also played a part, as noted by Callard and Perego 1 , … – distributed via online COVID-19 support groups and social media – of 3,762 individuals, from 56 countries, who …
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A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes
… for protecting NZ from national security threats. Media have summarised key features of the Briefing , which … community, experts/partners outside government, and the media A drive to provide public information and foster … and decisions on national risks. With respect to the media, we were impressed recently with the documentary …
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