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  • Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey

    … NZHS collected data on smoking and e-cigarette (EC) use from a nationally representative sample of 9709 adults … Findings 1. Overall smoking prevalence and e-cigarettes use trends Figure 1 shows the trends in current (at least … and prevalence of current (at least monthly) and daily use of ECs each year between 2011/12 and 2020/21. Daily …
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  • Key findings in the 2021/22 NZ Health Survey: Continued rapid falls in smoking prevalence and increases in vaping

    … in smoking prevalence and increase in e-cigarette (EC) use/vaping observed in last year’s survey have continued. Key … aged ≥55 years. The rapid increase in prevalence of EC use seen in 2020/21 continued in 2021/22, with the increase … describing key findings about smoking and e-cigarette (EC) use/vaping from the NZ Health Survey (NZHS). Previous …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … the continued marked disparities in smoking. E-cigarette use and vaping has increased over the last three to four … yet clear. There is no evidence that increased e-cigarette use among 15-17 year olds is slowing the decline in smoking … ). We report prevalences for smoking, e-cigarette (EC) use and related measures among a representative sample of NZ …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … prevalence of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use among young people, many of whom find e-liquid flavours … flavours could foster switching from smoking to ENDS use and accelerate progress towards the Smokefree 2025 goal. … impact on people who smoke and those who neither smoke nor use vaping products. In May 2018, the District Court ruled …
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  • Why NZ should consider adopting “mass masking” as an additional step to speed elimination of the Covid-19 pandemic

    … Widespread public mask use is common in some Asian countries as a control measure in … and epidemiological evidence of benefit for such mask use. Since the costs of mass masking are relatively low and … Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 and rationale of mask use to stop spread From the most recent evidence, the …
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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

    … we identify six likely benefits from requiring fabric mask use in public transportation and border control settings in … within mask-wearing countries which indicates mask use is an effective public health measure when combined with … need for additional control measures, notably widespread use of masks by the public [1]. Current pandemic control …
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  • Making the most of masks

    … of COVID-19, regardless of the long-term strategy we use against the pandemic. These interventions depend on both … evidence on mask effectiveness and make the case that mask use needs to be universal in all indoor environments at Alert … elicit any symptoms [1]. This strategy differs from the use of masks as personal protective equipment (PPE) by groups …
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  • Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ

    … Levels; (ii) mandate QR code scanning; (iii) expand mask use requirements to all essential workers; (iv) greatly … Alert Levels. It is important to be able to target the use of higher Alert Levels to geographic areas where the … outbreak is occurring. Doing this requires the ability to use regional zones with complete travel restrictions between …
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  • Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

    … vs quintile 1 (least deprived) at 17.2%. 9.      Trends in use of e-cigarettes The proportion of the population that has … years, men and women, and among all ethnicities. Regular use of e-cigarettes (at least monthly in the adult … to 4.7% in 2018/19. Substantial increases in regular use occurred among all age groups aged <75 years, men and …
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  • Alcohol and suicide: The facts

    … Summary Alcohol use often exacerbates mental health problems and is a … from New Zealand and overseas that clearly links alcohol use with poor mental health outcomes and increased suicide … at the time of their death. 4 In the short term, alcohol use increases suicide risk in several ways including by …
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