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  • Key findings in the 2021/22 NZ Health Survey: Continued rapid falls in smoking prevalence and increases in vaping

    … released in late November. In this blog, we assess whether the substantial reductions in smoking prevalence and increase … among young people aged <25 years. We explore implications for the Smokefree Aotearoa goal and legislative and … sample size was reduced to 9709 adults and in 2021/22 was only 4,434 adults. In 2021/22, largely due to reduced …
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  • Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey

    … and 2020/21 among all ethnic groups. This blog describes the key findings, explores the data in more detail, and … not on track to achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal for all population groups. The 2020/21 NZHS collected data on … areas. Second, the 2020/21 survey presents findings from only one year. Even assuming the estimates are valid, they …
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  • Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety

    … Summary After the world’s largest recorded campylobacteriosis outbreak … a formal inquiry into what went wrong and lessons for the future. This led to policy changes to strengthen the … waterborne campylobacteriosis outbreak ever reported, not only in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) but the world. 1  However, …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Taxes to protect health and reduce inequity

    … Summary This Briefing reports on our survey of the political parties’ tax policies. It finds that potentially large income tax reductions for low-income citizens of Aotearoa NZ are being proposed by … system fairer for those on low-incomes in certain aspects, only the Greens and Te Pāti Māori would make substantive …
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  • Throwing open the windows: The need for ventilation improvements as part of Covid-19 outbreak control in Aotearoa

    … The importance of indoor aerosol transmission of the virus … to improve ventilation and filtration are needed for indoor settings in Aotearoa NZ. In this blog we address … of ventilation, this advice is extremely limited with only the words: “keep shared spaces well ventilated”. This …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … The latest NZ Health Survey data continues to show … goal with persisting disparities in smoking, particularly for Māori and Pacific peoples. The Government urgently needs … and 35-44 year olds (relative reductions 29-42%), but were only between 0% and 2% (relative reductions 0-20%) in the 45 …
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  • The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: response to online critique

    … associated press coverage incorrectly imply that the case for mandated denicotinisation is weak and thus that the … never been implemented outside of research studies which only partially simulate the policy. However, modelling … 2 This assertion is incorrect, as Table 2 of the pre-print makes clear; this table describes the model parameters and …
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  • Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ

    … Both countries have primarily used hotel-based quarantine for returning travellers, but still do not have optimal … pandemic responses and they are ranked 2nd and 9th in the world, respectively, by the Lowy Institute in Australia. … system failures, one causing over 800 deaths (Victoria’s second wave), and 9 out of the 17 resulted in lockdowns. This …
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  • Long COVID: a crucial reason for vax, mask, and distance

    … been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and is strongly related to the severity of the initial illness. There are insufficient data to provide a trajectory or a timeline for duration and resolution. The downstream damage can … and admitted to intensive care. In a small post-COVID-only imaging study of myocardial injury (damage to heart …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity

    … Summary We look at questions of Māori health equity in the fourth in the series “Where do the parties stand?”.  The … care, and a failure of health services to improve outcomes for Māori, all of which contribute to the persisting … the Appendix for the full responses). The Greens were the only party to attempt to address the unequal distribution of …
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