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  • The strong case for mask requirements in public transportation and border control settings in NZ’s current COVID-19 pandemic context

    … the Government provides free masks as per Hong Kong), such a policy should be given very serious consideration by health … public transport. Costs will be lower if mass masking can be used to avoid the need for having “empty seats” … are a small extra constraint on individual freedom, can sometimes involve minor discomfort, and could require a …
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  • The UK Government shows leadership with a Soft Drink Tax announcement

    … A Conservative UK Government has announced a new soft drink … programmes and extended school hours for children so they can take part in more sports. As discussed on this blog site previously – such revenue recycling can be a good way of ensuring public support for new taxes …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … We recently did a blog post on dietary salt and health , particularly with … that preceded the PURE Study: The randomised trial data show that reducing dietary sodium reduces blood pressure … this residual source of error as possible, but (as best we can tell) probably not as important as the above reverse …
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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … In this blog we briefly consider a new report from a European think tank that aims to identify … data and a longer-term perspective is needed, before we can be really certain about the relative benefits and costs … the country used a “mitigation strategy”. The “Google data show that traffic in ‘retail and recreation’ spaces declined …
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  • World Ventil8 Day – How do our buildings measure up?

    … to raise awareness of the importance of ventilation as a crucial part of enabling health and wellbeing. Breathing … As well as having indoor sources of pollution, pollutants can enter buildings from outside sources. Replacing stale indoor air can remove respiratory pathogens, which can help prevent the …
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  • Will the Health Star Rating labels improve people’s diets?

    … Consumers have a right to have informative yet easy-to-use nutrition … leading cause of disease in New Zealand (22), so we simply can’t afford to keep missing opportunities for meaningful … need to be considered before recommendations 51–55 can be considered (23). After this, the countries parted ways …
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  • Does healthy food really cost more?

    … There is a perception that healthy food costs more – but does it … foods are cheap and filling. A very cheap, healthy menu can be constructed but a diet with lots of cabbage, lentils … an average price per 100g. Instead, the cost per serve can be calculated but this is difficult to standardise – the …
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  • The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos

    … “transformation” vision, which they claim will herald a new smokefree world. Philip Morris International (PMI) has … a product that attracts a lower excise tax duty and can thus be sold at a lower price offers tobacco companies a … fund. 13 The single most effective way tobacco companies can demonstrate their commitment to a smokefree future is by …
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  • Science-informed policy: considerations in support of judicious, circumspect changes to Aotearoa/NZ alert levels during the COVID-19 pandemic

    … There are a number of characteristics of the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus and … others have asked the question as to whether reinfection can occur 19 (which means that immunity is not 100% following … largely identified as a respiratory viral disease (and can present with a loss of the sense of smell – anosmia 21 ); …
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  • Lessons from Canada for NZ: Carbon, Cycling, Tobacco, Nutrition and Cannabis

    … Canada has a number of progressive public policies which can influence … data to suggest that charges on greenhouse gas emissions can be popular with the public if revenues are given back to …
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