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How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?
… on pricing and changes in the NZ tobacco market during a period of sustained excise tax increases , and explain how … the potentially negative perception of trading down to a cheaper option. Freezing the cigarette market would prevent … quitting. Although changes in net real stick prices were often small, when aggregated over hundreds of thousands of …
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Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations
… Section 3A (d) includes among the Act’s overall purposes a goal of supporting smokers and encouraging switching from … will regulate marketing of regulated products (defined as “a tobacco product, vaping product or herbal smoking … (e.g., R18 vape stores) will continue to be able to sell a more diverse flavour range. However, while this measure …
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Media release: Youth vaping -The implications of addiction
… Centre, University of Otago ASPIRE Network researchers and a psychiatrist specialising in youth addiction outline how … delivering high doses of nicotine very rapidly leading to a higher likelihood of addiction. “Nicotine is highly … as the withdrawal kicks in since loss of concentration is a key symptom. There is also evidence of long-term effects of …
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Climate change and cherry blossom
… 11 (Human Health) in the 5 th IPCC Assessment Report. A commentary on the full chapter is available at the Lancet. … to Alistair on Radio NZ’s Nine to Noon programme just after 9am on Friday 4 Apirl, discussing this report and his … Convention Centre were turned on again at 9.30 pm, but for a while it looked as though this was not the favourable omen …
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Media release: A call for strong leadership to reduce NZ’s dangerously high antibiotic use
… Healthcare leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand must take a stronger lead on reducing high rates of antibiotic … patients with conditions in which antibiotics do provide a health benefit.” While Te Whatu Ora and the Royal New … past time for Te Whatu Ora and the RNZCGP to encourage a significant reduction in antibiotic prescribing.” …. …
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Worth its weight: Building insulation in New Zealand
… performance and insulation standards when it is such a good investment. The recently proposed changes to the … by improving insulation can all add up so that at a national level the country might be spared the need for the … change . The International Energy Agency, of which NZ is a member, strongly argues the importance of seeking energy …
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Media release: Covid-19 vaccines work, but we need to do more to get the most out of them
… benefits from these vaccines. This article includes a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of vaccines … well against the newer subvariants and continue to provide a good level of protection against infection, hospitalisation, death and Long Covid as well as …
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Media release: Can we move to a low carbon, healthy transport system?
… transport systems for this country according to results of a survey by the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC). … in parliament. This Briefing - Where do the parties stand? A low carbon, healthy transport system - looks at the … the wealth of evidence pointing to what works to create a transport system that is healthy for the people and planet, …
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A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’
… an ‘appetite for health’. In this blog, we discuss what a new network of university researchers and NGOs are … in New Zealand and internationally. If we want to pave a clear way towards creating appetite for health through the … influences. Some renowned scientists recently even made a declaration on Big Food’s influence on undermining healthy …
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Media release: Evidence shows wider benefits of free school lunches
… value of school lunch programmes . Dr Garton says there’s a risk of missing the wider benefits of the programme with a narrow cost-benefit framing. “Evaluations of the NZ … for the learners facing the greatest challenges.” A Kaupapa M ā ori evaluation has noted identifiable shifts in …
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