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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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Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes
… Although public health experts would generally favour a regulatory approach (given the lack of evidence for an … tougher restrictions on junk food marketing to children. A Horizon Research poll conducted last year found 41% of … harmful impacts (4, 5), it may arguably be regarded as a form of exploitation (6). Under the UN Convention of the …
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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 … people’s perceptions of smoking to be compared before and after the policy introduction, and resources must be … with other cessation providers could be studied before and after the policy change, to document quit attempts and the …
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Optimising the effects of plain packaging for tobacco – making Quitline information more salient
… and success of quit attempts. This blog post details a just published study on this topic. It also suggests that … we can improve on their legislation. Packages featuring a standard and unattractive colour, embellished only by large … that explicitly directed smokers to cessation support had a marked effect on callers to the Quitline, many of whom …
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Severe weather events linked to outbreaks of crypto in Aotearoa – New study
… weather events with heavy rainfall or flooding may play a role in the development of some outbreaks of this … Cryptosporidium pathogen loads in waterways and increased infection rates. 10-12 Runoff due to heavy rainfall could … in NZ In our just published study , 17 we identified a total of 15,822 cases of cryptosporidiosis that were …
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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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Introducing an Online Data Explorer Tool: 30 years of NZ mortality and cancer data
… this important data closer to users we have developed a user-friendly interactive online graphing tool . Below we … NZ Census Mortality and CancerTrends (NZCMS/CT) Study – a record linkage study of census data, mortality data, and … control interventions (3). The Data Explorer provides a flexible and interactive tool to access the data generated …
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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: Aotearoa New Zealand is flying blind on misinformation
… A new Public Health Expert Briefing warns that Aotearoa New … has stalled," he says. Dr Kerr says this creates a significant blind spot for New Zealand, hindering the … defined as harmful, inaccurate information—poses a genuine threat to public health. Misleading information can …
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Warmest New Zealand winter ever recorded – The Government should do more on climate change
… fires, and perhaps even fewer excess winter deaths (a documented problem in this country, especially for … and catastrophic levels of damage to human civilisation – a public health threat on a scale larger than we usually consider. While these risks …
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