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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … in Aotearoa New Zealand helps perpetuate inequalities and provides insufficient money for public services  to deal … a source of revenue: we do not tax assets, inheritances, or gifts (with some exceptions). Our system does not … of taxes for these purposes is important and well-used. 1-4 Rather than attempting a comprehensive coverage of all …
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  • Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the Smokefree Aotearoa proposals

    … an Action Plan for the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and has invited submissions on its proposals. This blog is … who, having quit smoking, occasionally smoke a cigarette. 1-3 It aligns with the 2010 Māori Affairs Select Committee … which are generally defined as having around 0.4 mg or less nicotine per gram tobacco or per cigarette. …
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  • Implementing healthy food environment policies in Aotearoa

    … falls short in many areas including for healthy food and drinks in all schools, fiscal policies influencing food … are the biggest preventable cause of death in Aotearoa NZ 1 . These are related to our food environments 2 . Health … implementation was categorised as ‘high’, ‘medium’, ‘low’ or ‘very little, if any’. When we looked back over all four …
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  • Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?

    … how the tobacco industry continues to target young people and recruit new generations to smoking. It is accompanied by … will require large numbers of existing smokers to quit. 1 Also, there is a strong ethical case for providing … products like vaping devices for smokers who are unable or unwilling to stop using nicotine products . 10 Why is a …
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  • The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan – what can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?

    … including NZ, of the threat posed by COVID-19 and its more infectious variants. We therefore recommend a … CDC in response to emerging threats, such as pandemics. 1  Taiwan’s response to COVID-19 started on 31 December 2019 … different characteristics, and did not actively screen or restrict border entry until March 2020. 5 This focus also …
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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … 14-15. The survey provides important information on vaping and smoking among an age group where dependence on nicotine … policies ranging from plain packaging to smoke-free cars,[1, 2] and provided key information on smoking and related … nicotine. ASH has not yet released data on regular smoking or regular vaping (“regular” as defined by the Snapshot …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal

    … on August 2. This blog describes the Plan’s key features and the rationale for the proposed measures. Smokefree … which first put forward the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal (1). The Plan aims to reduce smoking prevalence by motivating, … from initiating smoking, and encouraging smokers who can’t or don’t wish to stop using nicotine-containing products to …
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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … submissions on the long-awaited Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) … products (which we refer to as ‘next generation products’ or NGPs throughout this blog) recognises the need to achieve … their new nicotine products to investors and analysts.[1,2]  The content illustrates how BAT, at least, sees NGPs as …
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  • The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: response to online critique

    … in the study due to developments with the Action Plan and associated legislation before Parliament, we published … was published in a peer-reviewed journal in January 2022. 1 The A/NZ Ministry of Health commissioned a more … compared to people given regular strength cigarettes, or (iv) “cheat” and purchase regular strength nicotine …
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  • Progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Congratulations to the Government

    … the nicotine in tobacco products to very low levels; and restricting the legal sale of tobacco products to people … permitting these products to be sold in specialised stores or pharmacies; substantially decreasing the addictiveness of … extending the discussion set out in another recent blog . 1. Reducing retail availability: “Restrict sales of smoked …
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