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Media release: Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Do we want them in NZ?
… The Government appears poised to allow the sale of oral tobacco and nicotine products in Aotearoa NZ. However public health researchers warn that … help people quit smoking and lack of evidence about the long-term safety and efficacy of oral nicotine products. So …
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Media release: Time for single shot HPV vaccine schedule to prevent cancer in NZ
… Switching to a recommended single dose schedule for the human … would save money, increase coverage, and reduce cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand. The call to change from a two-dose vaccination program to a single …
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Not all upcycled food is created equal: What is sustainable?
… supports these three pillars of sustainability and, if so, how. While research is still limited, it suggests that … on food security from the upcycled food industry. To ensure the most sustainable use of otherwise wasted food, … upcycling process may not be environmentally beneficial. 8 In contrast, if an energy source with a lower carbon …
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Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable
… There’s a disconnect between the Government’s decision to move ahead with the increase of speed limits, announced at … safety according to public health experts. The increase in speed limits in New Zealand’s Land Transport Rule: Setting … deaths and serious injuries harm both society and the economy. The setting of speed limits needs to be considered …
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Media release: Plugging the gap: Aotearoa’s piped water loss far worse than global leaders
… at a rate far higher than global leaders, posing risks to public health and wasting around $122 million each year according to the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication … (ILI). NZ ranks near the bottom of 15 OECD jurisdictions in this index, with a median ILI of 2.7 compared to Denmark’s …
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Media release: International experts say abandoning denicotinised cigarettes will cost lives
… International experts in nicotine addiction and tobacco regulation say abandoning … ‘endgame’ actions with the potential for a ripple effect to greatly reduce the devastation caused by smoking … health benefit of denicotinising cigarettes is likely to be profound. “Repealing this measure risks seeing around …
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Media release: The economic argument for our world-leading smokefree legislation – new research
… with a total gain of NZ$46 billion by 2050 according to new modelling just published in an international journal. … in BMJ Tobacco Control looks at all the major potential long-term economic impacts of the smokefree measures that the … shortfall of NZ$17 billion by 2050. However, we lay out how this shortfall could be avoided with appropriate …
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Media release: Experts urge NZ-Australia pandemic pact for future preparedness
… cooperation agreement could offer multiple benefits in the preparation for almost inevitable future pandemics. In … Wilson from the University of Otago and co-authors examine how Aotearoa NZ and Australia could work together to maximise the two countries’ capacity to best protect the …
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Media release: ‘Zombie arguments’ are being used to justify repealing smokefree
… will boost illicit tobacco trade are false according to public health experts. In the latest Briefing from the … of Auckland Professor Chris Bullen and colleagues explain how ‘zombie arguments’ – arguments that refuse to die despite … Bullen says claims of an increase in a black market have long been touted by the tobacco industry when it sees its …
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Media release: Protecting our drinking water sources – Where do the parties stand?
… drinking water sources and waterways at risk according to results of a survey by the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC). The second Briefing in our series - Where do the parties stand? Protecting water … at a range of public health issues. This Briefing looks at how proactive parties will be at protecting our water, …
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