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What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence 2025? Lots of cessation.
… Tony Blakely The New Zealand Government has a goal of a Smokefree Nation by 2025, often interpreted as a smoking prevalence of less than 5% by 2025. This should be a major focus of … the observed smoking prevalence rates in Census and Health Survey data. We then used these BAU (business as …
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Media release: Aotearoa NZ is on the brink of a measles epidemic: Urgent action needed
… Aotearoa NZ is on the brink of a measles epidemic because of falling immunisation rates, immunity gaps, and an increasing risk of imported cases according to public health experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health …
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New Zealand E-cigarette trial in Lancet – keeping it in perspective
… A New Zealand randomized trial of e-cigarettes just published in the prestigious Lancet … significant difference in abstinence at 6 months. 21 out of 289 people randomised to e-cigarettes were abstinent at six months, or 7.3%. This compares to 17 out of 295 people randomised to nicotine patches, or 5.8%. The …
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Media release: Evidence shows wider benefits of free school lunches
… schools, households and communities according to public health researchers. ACT Minister David Seymour wants to … from the Public Health Communication Centre , University of Auckland researcher Dr Kelly Garton and co-authors Dr Rachael Glassey and Professor David Tipene-Leach of Te P ū kenga, Hawke’s Bay argue that in addition to …
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Media release: Energy poverty: Low-income households hit hardest by rising power costs
… Low-income households spend disproportionately more of their income on electricity costs in NZ, yet many are … unable to meet basic energy needs according to public health researchers. There's a stark income disparity in energy costs - low-income households spend over 7.5% of their income on electricity, while high-income households …
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A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco
… (1). Existing measures have tackled different facets of tobacco marketing, with plain packaging reducing a potent form of tobacco marketing and excise tax increases making smoking … TM cigarette smokers to have co-morbidities such as mental health illnesses, illicit drug addictions, and risky drinking …
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New standardised packaging regulations: Some good steps, but many missed opportunities
… late 2012, and early evaluations already show knowledge of how smoking’s harms has increased while the appeal of smoking has declined. Despite desperate attempts by … bold have New Zealand politicians been? The Ministry of Health has done well in developing regulations that advance …
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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 … McKelvie-Sebileau. Analysis by Dr McKelvie-Sebileau and Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) co-chair Professor Boyd … New Zealand’s food poverty rates were among the highest of the 25 countries that provided the data. For the first …
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Media release: Why the Smokefree legislation must stay - Laying out the evidence:
… Public Health experts have laid out the facts showing the … and will ensure smoking continues to cost thousands of lives and millions of health care dollars. In the latest Briefing from the …
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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 … core measures, including a proposal to reduce the number of outlets selling tobacco products from around 6000 to 600. … a retail reduction strategy would see ram raids increase . Health Minister Dr Shane Reti, who has overall responsibility …
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