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  • Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive action urgently needed

    … as Long Covid. With only four years of follow-up time to observe this evolving new virus we cannot yet see the full … a comprehensive Long Covid risk assessment;  Rapidly reduce infection and reinfection rates by ensuring that … also likely to be under-reported. Long Covid biomarkers  Important though it is to understand symptoms because of …
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  • Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?

    … Tobacco Day (WNTD) is how the tobacco industry continues to target young people and recruit new generations to … greatly increasing actions to minimise smoking uptake by youth and young adults so we can achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa … and evidence-based measures exist which could feasibly reduce smoking uptake to minimal levels among future …
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  • The urgent need for a Covid-19 Action Plan for Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … would stay open through the outbreak. However, protections to prevent Covid-19 transmission were incomplete and there … if families chose to keep children at home to reduce infection risk. The true number of Omicron cases in … in Geneva 1 concluded that “children appear to be an important source of extra-household infections and have a key …
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  • Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying

    … advice but instead heeded calls by tobacco companies to allow sales of these products. In this Briefing, we … Act 2022 (SERPA) introduced three measures designed to reduce smoking prevalence rapidly and equitably, and realise … Zealand. On 31 January, senior Ministry staff advised that proposals to allow sales of oral nicotine products “would …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Taxes to protect health and reduce inequity

    … ensuring that wealthier citizen contribute appropriately to the collective good. While all parties support an element … environmental protection. A fairer tax system could help reduce poverty and inequities in health and financial … is much more work to be done in this area, this is an important step in improving fairness in the tax system. In …
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  • Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed

    … As part  of the consultation process  to denicotinise cigarettes and reduce the number of stores selling tobacco, Associate … Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall has outlined proposals to strengthen vaping product regulation. Noting …
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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … Tobacco control’s focus on supporting smokers to quit, thus reducing the harm they face (eg, via … remains important. However, we need to do more to protect youth and non-smokers from the burden of tobacco. In this … about which interventions and policies to implement to reduce smoking prevalence often focus on the potential …
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  • Potential for an avian influenza pandemic: Time for NZ to ramp up preparedness

    … (HPAI) or ‘bird flu’, is causing concern as it continues to evolve and infect new hosts, notably cattle for the first … (IPC) equipment. And strengthen One Health approaches to reduce the risk of influenza emergence and spread in poultry, … for emerging infectious diseases is critically important. For zoonotic infections such surveillance needs to …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques

    … measures in the Action Plan will support people who smoke to either quit or to transition fully from smoking to vaping. Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 is a world-leading … out a rationale for the measures suggested. These aim to reduce smoking prevalence by making smoked tobacco products …
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  • Long COVID: a crucial reason for vax, mask, and distance

    … have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and is strongly related to the severity of the initial illness. There are … rather than later, after diagnosis was much more likely to reduce symptoms of long COVID than remaining unvaccinated. In … symptoms, was higher at older ages. Obesity, smoking or vaping, hospitalisation, and deprivation were also associated …
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