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NZ Health Survey data released today reinforce Smokefree Legislation is crucial to reduce smoking inequities
… smoking has reduced from 8.6 to 6.8%. An estimated 284,000 people smoke daily in Aotearoa, meaning many thousands of people will die prematurely if they continue to smoke. The survey found …
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Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax
… Associate Professor Nick Wilson, University of Otago Wellington An article we published last week generated plenty of debate [1] (some thoughtful, some distortionary), and in particular debate on the complexities of taxing food. In this blog I argue that, yes, such tax …
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Smokefree Laws: Reducing tobacco outlets will decrease crime
… to provide either evidence or logic to justify the repeal of world-leading smokefree legislation. Instead, they have … would help decrease smoking uptake among young people, 1 support cessation among people who smoke, and … as tobacco becomes less available and less addictive, many people will try to quit or move to alternative nicotine …
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Media release: Long Covid could be costing NZ $2 billion a year in lost productivity: Experts urge preventive action
… Long Covid could be costing the economy of Aotearoa New Zealand at least NZ$2 billion per year from … “High year-round infection and reinfection rates mean that each week, another cohort of New Zealanders enters the Long … for policymakers to make informed decisions about how to efficiently and equitably protect New Zealanders from …
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Action needed to halt New Zealand’s obesity epidemic: Themes from Big Food Symposium
… experts and delegates met on Monday this week to consider how to address New Zealand’s (NZ’s) increasing obesity … initiative recently announced by the Minister of Health, they stress the critical need to focus on upstream … and possibly continue to climb. This blog explores some of these issues in more detail. The cost of overweight and …
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Media release: New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality
… weaknesses in planning that have seen the deterioration of our high-country lakes should be compulsory reading for … the regional council responsible for the lakes). However, each of these failures highlights its own solution, providing … a healthier future.” … Media release: New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality …
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Media release: Money down the drain - The high cost of leaking water pipes
… Aotearoa New Zealand could be costing the country upwards of $122 million a year according to public health researchers. In the latest … from the Public Health Communication Centre , University of Otago researchers calculate the financial value of water …
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Mobile phone use while driving: Do we need smartcars that turn off smartphones?
… New Zealand still has a problem with the use of mobile phones while driving, even though a recent law may … difference between these settings is not too surprising – people appear to be using their “spare time” at traffic … law. Although international data are somewhat mixed as to how effective such laws around mobile phone use by drivers …
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Media release: NZ could eliminate the deadly meningococcal disease
… from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Otago epidemiologist and Associate Professor Amanda Kvalsvig and colleagues look at how NZ could be permanently free of this disease and its … strains and our improved understanding about how to control outbreaks, NZ should not continue to tolerate …
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Media release: New Zealand’s hungry teens four years behind in their learning - free school lunches provide solution
… shows achievement for students who miss meals due to lack of money is two to four years behind their peers who never … For the first time, the test questionnaire asked students how many meals they had missed in the past 30 days due to a lack …
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