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Media release: Vaping crackdown falls short: Gaps in new bill leave youth at risk
… But experts say it doesn’t go far enough. University of Otago researchers from the ASPIRE Aotearoa Centre have … could make vaping products less affordable for young people, while still ensuring they remain less expensive than … key factors such as these price promotions, the density of vape outlets, and vaping product appeal. Also, the …
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In the news: Free school lunch programme should be expanded
… Boyd Swinburn talked to the Panel on RNZ about the cost-of-healthy- food crisis in New Zealand on 12 May. He talked … Ka Ako is ‘bread and butter’ action to alleviate the cost-of-healthy-food crisis which describes how the doubling of the free school lunch programme can help …
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In the news: The cancer-causing dangers in our workplaces
… system, to better monitor the long-term consequences of exposure to cancer-causing agents throughout the course of people's careers. Dr Amanda Eng and Professor John Potter …
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In the news: PHCC co-hosts political panel on prevention
… Centre, Health Coalition Aotearoa, and the University of Otago, Wellington, in the capital on 8 August 2023. The panel was held on the back of the release of a Health Coalition Aotearoa political survey on where the …
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Full video: Health Coalition Aotearoa political panel 2023
… Chloe Swarbrick (Green Party) spoke to over 100 members of the public health sector and media at a political panel on … Public Health Communications Centre, and the University of Otago, Wellington . The panel coincided with the release of Health Coalition Aotearoa's policy survey of the political …
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News: The PHCC turns one!
… It has been a year since the launch of the Public Health Communication … Health Expert Briefing. You can read about our first year, our impact and the work ahead in our special Briefing …
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Submission: Fast-Track Approvals Bill
… in the submission are: The Bill is significantly out-of-step with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet advice on best-practice … account for climate change and the protective value of a healthy environment, leaving communities’ health and …
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News: Fears NZ on track to fall well short of Smokefree 2025 goal
… questions about the 21 November Briefing by members of ASPIRE Aotearoa - Smoking prevalence and trends: Important … among younger age groups, Māori and Pacific peoples, and people living in neighbourhoods with higher levels of deprivation. … News: Fears NZ on track to fall well short …
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In the news: Call for CO2 monitors for early childhood centres featured
… recent Public Health Expert Briefing revealing high levels of CO2 found in a study of early childhood centres (ECEs). As part of a bigger article on the early start to the flu season, Dr …
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Submission: Independent Electoral Review - draft recommendations
… the PHCC's full submission on the draft recommendations of the Independent Electoral Review. We look at the voting age, transparency around political donations, and how the length of parliamentary terms impacts public health policy. … …
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