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A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’
… compared to say, the UK? The INFORMAS group is monitoring policy-responsive indicators of the healthiness of food … these goals is the “government healthy food environment policy index” (Food-EPI) 3 . The Food-EPI includes a ‘policy’ component with seven domains to address the key …
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Ethnic inequalities in mortality in NZ and how to reduce them further
… relative scale. To further address these inequalities, NZ policy-makers have many options, ranging from equalising … (see below), but note that interventions in the social policy domain that might help include: raising educational … address both absolute and relative inequalities, NZ policy-makers have many options. These will tend to benefit …
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Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next
… be needed for the next phase of tobacco taxation related policy and research. Recent trends The recent pattern of … more interest in quitting. Putting more pressure on policy-makers to do more to help smokers quit (e.g, via … cessation services). Recommendations for tobacco tax policy to achieve Smokefree 2025 Tobacco tax increases will …
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Communicating public health evidence – a successful first year for the PHCC
… has used a range of approaches to actively engage in the policy discussion process. For example, our pre- election … series canvassed all the major political parties on policy issues and summarised their responses alongside expert … raising awareness and ensuring public health stays on the policy agenda, we are mindful that it typically takes …
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Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research
… low and non-addictive levels, and a smokefree generation policy making it illegal to sell smoked tobacco products to … smoked tobacco products (Fig 1b). The smokefree generation policy had the strongest support of the three measures, with … support the Smokefree 2025 goal and the three key policy measures the government intends to repeal. These …
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Media release: Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers
… system failures is a useful tool for considering firearms policy. “The Swiss cheese model suggests that instead of … all the layers line up.” She says when applied to firearms policy, key protective measures such as firearm licensing, … "The NZ consultation is flawed as it looks at each policy in isolation, rather than recognising the importance …
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Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ
… types of products remains uncertain. The health-based policy experience is also minimal. In this blog post we … regulation may give the tobacco industry a seat at the policy table where they could undermine tobacco control … necessary to piggy-back on European Union or US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards or similar (which will …
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Taxes on fizzy drinks in NZ: preventing premature deaths and raising funds for health
… of researchers in generating such findings, and possible policy implications. We have previously outlined how … then up to the public and politicians to debate the best policy package including the trade-offs (e.g., should the … tobacco, and where the evidence clearly points to a ‘best’ policy package. But we as researchers also need to realise …
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A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there?
… smoking. However, the modelling may have under-estimated policy benefits as it did not take into account its potential … goal. Evidence supporting the likely effectiveness of the policy comes from a survey of NZ smokers which found that … claim. 14-16 The most obvious disadvantage to this policy is that it seems conceptually inappropriate to make …
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When the first barrier fails: Strengthening protection for drinking water sources
… the Havelock North outbreak, new valuable legislative and policy reforms were made but the Waimate breach reveals there … approximately 84% of the land. Reviewing legislation and policy that was in effect at the time, it appears that ECan … “no responsibility” mindset of regional councils through policy was not achieved in its case.” 19 The inquiry …
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