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Media release: Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food - where the parties stand: Election 2023
… Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food are responsible for almost a third of … Public Health Communication Centre - Junk food, alcohol and tobacco - where the parties stand: Election 2023 . The … for many years apart from the recent amendment to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 which gave communities greater …
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The need for an expanded national smokefree law – just got more critical
… this blog post we consider the implications of this ruling and why it heightens the need for an expanded national law on … three NGOs, the Cancer Society, the Salvation Army Trust and The Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand ( see the … an “internal area” stipulates an area that is “completely or substantially enclosed”. The words “substantially …
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Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax
… article we published last week generated plenty of debate [1] (some thoughtful, some distortionary), and in particular debate on the complexities of taxing food. … that, yes, such tax packages have to be well designed (and more research would be helpful), but nevertheless that …
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Media release: Our fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care
… Zealand is clearly experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and health authorities should be reminding us about the … there could be up to 12,000 hospitalisations and more than 1,000 deaths this year from Covid-19. This fourth wave is … such as general practices and emergency departments or community sites such as schools.” The Briefing authors are …
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Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle
… has sparked concerns globally as it continues to adapt and infect new hosts, including recent cases in cattle. While … underscores the urgent need for New Zealand to review and enhance its pandemic response strategies, say the authors … key learnings from past responses. Effective public health and social measures, and timely access to testing, vaccines, …
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Media release: NZ could eliminate the deadly meningococcal disease
… 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 significant risk of death and disability. Dr Kvalsvig …
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Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?
… In this blog we discuss some of the modelling results and also the other policy options that could be explored. … be used in funding other aspects of tobacco control and/or to fund health services. An extra plus is that the weight … NZ’s smoking prevalence is projected to fall from 15.1% in 2013 to 8.7% by 2025. This result is compared to 9.9% …
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Media release: Why the Smokefree legislation must stay - Laying out the evidence:
… smokefree legislation runs directly contrary to evidence and will ensure smoking continues to cost thousands of lives and millions of health care dollars. In the latest Briefing … evidence-based, removing it is not , Professor Janet Hoek and co-authors from the Universities of Otago and Auckland …
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Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising rates of dementia
… to those in the least deprived areas. Dr ‘Etuini Ma’u and co-authors from the Department of Psychological Medicine … are associated with increasing social disadvantage. “Māori and Pacific peoples are overrepresented in the more … deprivation. These findings indicate that the higher risk and rates of dementia in Māori and Pacific peoples are not …
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Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable
… the increase of speed limits, announced at the weekend, and strong global efforts to improve road safety according to … 2024 comes under the scrutiny of an injury epidemiologist and others in the latest Briefing from the Public Health … 50km/h speed limits in areas where there are pedestrians or outside of schools are extremely rare.” The World Health …
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