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  • The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos

    … rhetoric yet this company’s recent launch of a new, super value, smoked tobacco product : the cigarillo “Chesterfield … companies seeking to be “ part of the solution ”. PMI’s definition of “transformation” clearly enables continuing …
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  • Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes

    … food marketing, for example as expressed in the final report of the World Health Organization Commission on Ending … fruit and vegetables can be marketed without restrictions. Maximum nutrient level cut points are applied to determine … children’ means. The Quebec Government has a well-tested definition for ‘directed at children’ which considers: the …
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  • Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health

    … smokefree laws, the latest FCTC implementation report is available here ) and the continued non-ratification … such progress. The current (2014) NZ FCTC implementation report is available on the FCTC website. Endgames and how … a key recommendation of the Māori Affairs Select Committee report from which the Smokefree 2025 goal originates, but was …
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  • Limiting the size of single serve sugary drinks: New NZ study on health and cost impacts

    … number of different definitions of SSBs, with the broadest definition (sugar-sweetened carbonated soft drinks, fruit … twice the health gain (in QALYs) of the most narrow definition (sugar-sweetened carbonated soft drinks and energy … analysis or interpretation of data, in the writing of the report, or in the decision to submit the article for …
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  • Smokefree Laws: Reducing tobacco outlets will decrease crime

    … did still occur, improved security has likely reduced the value of items stolen. Figure:  The monthly number of Ram … crime and ram raids Police data also include a scanning report on 283 ram raids that occurred between November 2020 and October 2021. This report shows that money and the cash till were the most …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … Nevertheless, a Cochrane Review published in 2012 did report a reduction in cardiovascular events in trials … other sodium reduction interventions modelled were better value-for-money (actually all were cost-saving over the … al 2017 systematic review [2] (all trials – with the full Report also giving results by intensity level or by the …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … close contacts of high-risk workers could be required to report their health status weekly, with a lower threshold for … for elsewhere 20 ). This inquiry could have a short-term report back period of initial recommendations (eg, within 3 months) and then a longer report back period for the full report (potentially 6-12 …
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  • Debate on ultra-processed foods shouldn’t derail good dietary advice

    … system. However, we must still consider the nutritional value, affordability, accessibility, sustainability and … and stabilisers. The most well-known and studied definition of UPF comes from the Nova classification system 1 … mechanisms of the health impact of UPF and the potential value of the UPF concept being incorporated into messaging …
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  • New standardised packaging regulations: Some good steps, but many missed opportunities

    … length of brand names to no more than 50mm and specify a maximum font size (14 pt), while variant names are limited to … have proved popular among young people. 11   Many smokers report their early experiences of smoking as unpleasant; just … of “bonus” sticks, used in Australia to change the value proposition offered to smokers; that is, tobacco …
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  • Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?

    … than 11,000 businesses selling alcohol in 2020. 3 National maximum trading hours are long at 8am-4am for on-premises (eg … have nearly 50% more outlets. 4 Māori whānau in Auckland report having too many local bottle stores is a major concern … on the number and location of alcohol outlets and set maximum trading hours.  LAPs are intended to give communities …
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