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  • Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?

    … about how to achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa often focus on how to increase successful quitting among current smokers. … Despite the high tobacco tax levels, the expenditure on services to assist smokers to quit is only a tiny fraction … in the US to sell a tobacco product to a person aged under 21 years. Other measures that may reduce uptake by …
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  • To ensure success of the trans-Tasman travel “green zone”, we need to reduce system failures at the NZ border

    … failures resulted in Auckland moving to Alert Level 3 on three occasions and the rest of the country to Alert Level 2 on two occasions. The economic costs of these failures have … This was a rare situation where part of the investigation report was made available to the media [18]. Returnee-related …
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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … to ANDS (5). The published scientific literature on ANDS is now vast. For example, 128 review articles in … as not being a medicine and is therefore now clearly not under Medsafe jurisdiction (18)). At the same time the SFE … only) but with regular upgrades to quality New regulations under the SFE Act could allow for the quality standards for …
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  • Health-related food taxes and subsidies: A critique of opposition arguments

    … to potential harms, lack of efficacy, and incursion on personal freedoms. In this blog, we briefly analyse 8 … Recent reports from economic think tanks such as Credit Suisse and the McKinsey Global Institute support such … in Australia also favoured a SSB tax (17). Both the NZ Medical Association and the Heart Foundation support SSB …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … New Zealand (NZ). This briefing collates the latest data on the prevalence, trends and patterns of vaping and smoking …   . Figures 1,2 and 5 are reproduced from a recent report by ASH New Zealand, 1 figures 3, 6 and 7 are from a … (20,000-30,000) Year 10 students, with low decile schools under-represented in 2022. 18   Since 2015 it has included …
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  • More courage needed from our political parties—reviewing our election series

    … voters need to know where political parties stand on issues that impact the health and wellbeing of our … considering commercial interests . The National Party , under its agricultural policy, would remove or minimise a … Among highlighting other weaknesses in the standards, its report read, “expert panel and submitters were adamant that …
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  • Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes

    … and young people (2).   Kiwis want tougher restrictions on junk food marketing to children. A Horizon Research poll … food marketing, for example as expressed in the final report of the World Health Organization Commission on Ending … it may arguably be regarded as a form of exploitation (6). Under the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, …
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  • Beautiful benchtops: How should we protect our workers?

    … at risk.  The government is currently calling for feedback on a range of options to control the risks from engineered … their whānau from occupational hazards. Affected workers report that they have received no monetary compensation, … diagnosis in highly exposed individuals and subsequent medical support and compensation cover. People who work with …
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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … The Diabesity Crisis symposium just held in Auckland, under the auspices of the Better Start and Healthier Lives … about trajectories. We have previously collated data on trends in body weight, energy intake, saturated fat … obesity rates among pre-school Pacifica ( page 24 of this report ) – but it is early days. Against this backdrop, the …
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  • The policy bonfire of environment protection: 10 examples that threaten public health

    … regulatory impact statements to assess their impacts on public health before committing to implementing them. … policies pose serious risks to public health. Detail on each of these policies is provided in the Appendix below. … This list is by no means exhaustive. We have focused on policies that are very likely to result in more pollution …
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