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  • Tax reform pros & cons: A brief look from a Public Health perspective

    … or alcohol tax), as opposed to introducing completely new ones (e.g., a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages [SSBs]). … package of lowering income tax for low- and middle-income New Zealanders, but balanced with raising taxes on carbon, … we suspect that there is scope for tax reform in New Zealand – to maximise improvements in health and also to …
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  • Media release: Aotearoa New Zealand is flying blind on misinformation

    … A new  Public Health Expert Briefing warns that Aotearoa New Zealand's lack of awareness and monitoring of misinformation …
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  • Death rates dropping – it is a good time to be alive

    … year ( The Healthy Country? A History of Life and Death in New Zealand ; AUP) that looks in depth at the fascinating story of mortality decline in New Zealand. The path to low mortality that this country …
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  • Do Aotearoa’s new vaping regulations go far enough?

    … Summary New regulations to reduce youth vaping include important … advocates and rangatahi themselves have raised. New regulations that aim to limit vaping uptake among young people in Aotearoa New Zealand were recently announced. We welcome measures to …
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  • A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco

    … New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal is now less than ten years away … goal unless the Government introduces innovative new policies that reduce smoking prevalence (1). Existing … RYO tobacco and tailor made (TM) cigarettes (2). Many New Zealand smokers now use loose tobacco to make RYO cigarettes, …
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  • Public health priorities in this election year

    … about the path we take.  In some critical areas, such as New Zealand's new smoke-free policies, we are world leaders. This …
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  • Updating the role of the state: the case of housing in New Zealand

    … this blog I reflect on the importance of the role of the New Zealand Government in improving access to affordable … and wellbeing. Shortages in many OECD countries, including New Zealand and Australia, have led to increasing …
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  • Warmest New Zealand winter ever recorded – The Government should do more on climate change

    … official, this was the warmest winter ever recorded for New Zealand according to NIWA scientists . They also list 29 … problem in this country, especially for low-income New Zealanders ). Image 1: Warmer temperatures can be nice …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … the sale of oral tobacco and nicotine products in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). These products include chewing tobacco, snus, … Deregulation of these products has uncertain benefits for New Zealanders, given lower-harm nicotine replacement therapy …
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  • A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’

    … In keeping with the issues covered in this week’s new book “ Appetite for Destruction “, we are calling for … an ‘appetite for health’. In this blog, we discuss what a new network of university researchers and NGOs are developing … the road to implementation of smart food policies in New Zealand and internationally. If we want to pave a clear way …
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