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Media release: Long Covid could be costing NZ $2 billion a year in lost productivity: Experts urge preventive action
… Professor Paula Lorgelly highlights estimates from a recently-published economic analysis in Australia that … billion, equivalent to 0.5% of Australia’s GDP. And that’s a conservative estimate.” Professor Lorgelly says it is likely that Long Covid is having a comparable economic impact in NZ where a 0.5% reduction in …
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Patterns of declining smoking in NZ – But more action needed by the New Government
… Survey indicate recent ongoing declines in smoking, with a graph below of the trends since 2012 (tabulated data in the … the 15-24 and 25-34 year age groups. This suggests that a relatively important part of the reduced smoking prevalence … is due to reduced uptake (as opposed to quitting). A range of factors including specific tobacco control …
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Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ
… the new packs into quit attempts. 5 Second, by developing a thoughtful evaluation plan, and third, by ensuring frequent … and resources must be allocated to ensure these data can be carefully analysed. 8 9 Second, on-going support needs … the new standardised pack warnings. Studies from Australia show that standardised packaging greatly increased the visual …
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Meat, health, hospitals, and sustainability*
… our healthcare system, and our environment are all in a state of crisis. This was summarised in the recent Ministry … that promoting the consumption of plant-based foods as a general public health message is the right thing to be … in the risk of dying [5]. Even if some patients need a better balanced diet that includes more protein, there are …
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Media release: Proposed greenhouse gas Emissions Reduction Plan: A weak response that misses the target
… Communication Centre ( Proposed Emissions Reduction Plan: A weak response to a weak target ), Professor Simon Hales and co-authors examine … submissions until 25 August. “The proposed ERP2 contains a number of tactics that will delay clear decarbonisation …
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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 … deterring ENDS uptake among non-smokers. On-pack messaging can play an important role in communicating these dual …
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Media release: Evidence shows wider benefits of free school lunches
… Ka Ako evaluations, there is international evidence that show the 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 …
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A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco
… facets of tobacco marketing, with plain packaging reducing a potent form of tobacco marketing and excise tax increases … of RYO users as “[an] old, poor, grumpy bloke in a pub” (p. iii77) (10), or “socially dysfunctional … older, heavily addicted and ostracised smokers (12-14). In a recent study, we explored how young people manage that …
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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). … still has gaps.” says Dr Shaw. The results of the survey show that policies that support transport equity were backed … transport system,” says Dr Shaw. … Media release: Can we move to a low carbon, healthy transport system? …
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Concluding the Public Health Solutions Series 
… on the best public health interventions the G overnment can put in place to reduce pressure on the health system.    … continue to place untenable pressure on the health system. A health system which is also experiencing health workforce … These blogs have presented evidence of policies that can improve overall health and wellbeing with impact in the …
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