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  • Climate change and cherry blossom

    … Alistair was Convening Lead Author of Chapter 11 (Human Health) in the 5 th IPCC Assessment Report. A commentary on … are moderated by other factors (living conditions and health care, for instance). AR5 drew on studies that modelled for the first time the potential health consequences of changes in climate alongside projected …
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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … from Monsanto; and 5) the EPA ignored the Ministry of Health which notified the Authority it could not support the … of interest; 2) the implications of the Ministry of Health’s lack of confidence in EPA’s processes – see page 181 … t’Mannetje - Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR). Dr Dave McLean - Senior Research …
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  • Market deregulation → ↑ fast food consumption → ↑ obesity. Clever international study that includes NZ data

    … A clever study just published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization has analyzed how changes in fast food … impact of chronic disease burdens on the tax-payer funded health system. So what are some of the intervention options … most notably a tax on sugary drinks (see other Public Health Expert blog posts). Some will view these measures as …
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  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence

    … and increasing quitting [1]. To ensure life-saving public health policies achieve their intended goal, illicit tobacco … (p.10). These comments imply associations between public health measures and illicit trade, yet, globally, tobacco … JH, RE and NW are members of the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago Wellington. All authors …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … . 1 Methods Using an Excel spreadsheet populated with NZ Health Survey smoking/vaping prevalence data, we modelled … and quantify impacts on quality-adjusted life-years saved, health inequities, and savings in health costs. 6-8 In summary , the findings from this …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy

    … studies suggest the SFG policy could bring important health benefits. An NZ study estimated that a SFG policy … among people aged 45 and under, and bring 5.6 times the health gain per capita to Māori relative to non-Māori.[21] … smoking prevalence, and reduce current disparities and the health inequities these cause. Public opinion surveys also …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project

    … or tobacco that had ‘been smuggled, lacked proper health warning labels, or did not have all government taxes … prevalence and the harms and unacceptable disparities in health caused by smoking particularly for indigenous and … Wellington; RE, EJ, JH, and JB in the Department of Public Health, AW in Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, and JS in …
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  • Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health

    … The 16 th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCToH) has just been held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab … a relatively new intervention, so far implemented only in Australia, but with growing momentum suggesting that rapid … nicotine addiction in society, and create new long term health hazards. However, there was a glimmer of hope that …
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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … of negative impacts on the respiratory, oral and mental health of adolescent users and reported these effects were … particularly among Indigenous peoples.[6] The public health implications of widespread adolescent vaping thus give … to young people. It is not clear whether the Ministry of Health monitors industry marketing and enforces provisions …
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  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … of Auckland study commissioned by the Ministry of Health applied similar methods to fewer packs, of which 7.2% … reported in the annual tobacco returns to the Ministry of Health 9 was subtracted from the total amount of tobacco consumed using estimates from annual NZ Health Survey 10 questions. The 2023 University of Auckland …
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