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  • What the Pacific & Mexico can tell us about soft drink taxes and public health

    … There are many ways that taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) can be designed and … revenue gathering aims rather than health (Fiji), under-shifting of SSB tax with introduction of cheap SSB … reduced hospitalisation and other costs. A recent McKinsey report on NCDs, outlines that although evidence may be sparse …
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  • Communicating public health evidence: Two highly productive years for the PHCC

    … commentary in Aotearoa New Zealand. We have built on our successful first year with increasing numbers of … provide a platform for Māori researchers. To date, just under half of our Briefings (44.4%) specifically address … Aotearoa’s world leading smokefree legislation repealed under urgency on 28 February 2024 by the incoming Coalition …
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  • Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties

    … and the planet in the long-term?” may wish to put weight on the climate change issue in their voting decisions. This … Various internet searches, e.g. for involvement in a key report [4] and attendance at the Paris Climate Conference. … climate actions, the Party has listed various actions under the “achievements” section on its website that have …
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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 … take a broad view of how tobacco control policies impact on society so that progress to the country’s Smokefree 2025 … consumption (see this blog and another one on the 2018 EY Report on tobacco tax in NZ ). NZ modelling work also …
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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … the assessment of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that the herbicide glyphosate (the active … the NZ EPA’s own manual ‘Thresholds and Classifications under the HSNO Act 1996’ where IARC is listed as “one of the … toxicology and cancer biology.” Prof Alistair Woodward  - Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of …
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  • Tax reform pros & cons: A brief look from a Public Health perspective

    … A/Prof Ralph Chapman Tax policies have major impacts on society and designing such policies is complex. But if the … New Zealand Government: Government Response to the Report of the Māori Affairs Committee on its Inquiry into the … Rivera JA, Ng SW: Beverage purchases from stores in Mexico under the excise tax on sugar sweetened beverages: …
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  • Parliamentary voting for smokefree over two decades: Implications for future progress

    … policies, we examined the Parliamentary voting record on 10 relevant laws since 2003. The Labour Party, the Greens … support included voting for three tobacco tax increase bills and legislation banning retail displays and introducing … 1. Noes: 4 ACT: 4 (majority). This Budget was passed “under urgency”. This National-led Government had support from …
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  • Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying

    … a tobacco company staff member, dismissing his obligations under the  Framework Convention on Tobacco Control . Further analyses revealed government … little benefit. Source: Cabinet Minute of Decision 0071  Report attached to Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee: Period …
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  • Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak

    … to protect the health and wellbeing of children (ie, those under 18 years) in this outbreak. Key principles include … High numbers of child cases have led to extreme pressure on paediatric services in some overseas settings. Impacts of … health and policy expert. JS is an epidemiologist and medical statistician at UOW. CD is leading research on …
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  • Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water

    … This week a report, co-funded by Fonterra and MBIE, investigated the … exposure” [1, p32]. These conclusions are largely based on the relatively minor [~10%] contribution of drinking water … up to 2006 concluded that: “ingested nitrate or nitrite under conditions that result in endogenous nitrosation is …
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