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  • Making the most of masks

    … equipment (PPE) by groups such as health care workers [2, 3]. In that situation the focus is on giving the wearer a … from airborne particles expelled by heavy exhalation [3, 20]. New Zealand’s own experience during this current … can be successfully worn, even during vigorous exercise [3, 21, 22]. Gyms are an especially vulnerable environment …
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  • The case for lowering salt levels in processed foods is now even stronger – new research

    … and deaths” reported in some cohort studies (eg, [2] [3]). Data from the follow-up of the Trials of Hypertension … This method over-estimated intake by 1,297mg/day (i.e. 3.2g salt) compared to the gold standard method. Furthermore, … and blood pressure within the range of 1,200-4,800 mg/day (3-12 gram salt)” and “evidence also shows that as blood …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … supporting snus as a smoking cessation aid was ‘weak’ 3 (see Box 1 for detail). Box 1: Evidence for snus as a … replacement therapy (NRT) (RR 0.62 [95% CI 0.27 to 1.41]). 3 A meta-analysis of longitudinal observational data in the … risk of bias due to lack of adjustment for confounding. 3 The authors concluded the evidence supporting snus as a …
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  • NZ Health Strategy Consultation Draft – are the big prevention programmes really in there?

    … organising themes (1. People powered, 2. Closer to home, 3. Value and high performance, 4. One team, 5. Smart system), … list of) interventions we have modelled in the BODE 3 Programme (University of Otago) , estimating health gains … into the future (although the QALY gains are discounted at 3% per annum). In contrast, the treatment interventions are …
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  • Ventilation in NZ schools during the Omicron wave – results from a preliminary study

    … of child hospitalisations, including ICU admissions. 3 There are also growing concerns about long-term effects of … an intermediate school over three days Figure 2b. School 3 – CO 2 monitoring at a single cell classroom at a high school over five days Figure 3 shows combined CO 2 levels over four days taken in a high …
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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … and impede development of regular smoking practices. 1-3 Acutely aware of these impacts, tobacco companies have … the market share of the super value partition grew from 3.2% to 24.4%, while the premium partition declined from 27.3% to 10.7%. These changes occurred because tobacco companies …
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  • NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States

    … Cumulative deaths per 1 million population 19 4 0.3 542 * The NZ deaths from COVID-19 need to be considered in … deaths in 2020 compared to the same time period in 2019 [3]. ** The reported case numbers for the US are likely to be … no state-wide or city level restrictions (including the 3 states with the highest case load: California, Texas, and …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … achieved for the overall population in all scenarios (e.g. 3.1% in the base case scenario). Figures 1 and 2 show the … vaping prevalence in the overall population increased from 3.5% in 2020 to between 7.6% and 10.7% in the three … quit rates from a large NZ randomised controlled trial. 2 3 The trial findings may over-estimate quit rates because …
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  • Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?

    … New Zealand they are increasingly socially patterned (Fig 3). The obesogenic environment in New Zealand urgently needs … in New Zealand (From Teng, A. M., et al. (2016)) Fig. 3 Ethnic inequalities in obesity – a mediator of the excess … related to childhood poverty and household crowding (3). The infection is usually acquired in childhood and Māori …
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  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … Service, 2022 ; 2 New Zealand Customs Service, 2023). 3 ‘Zombie arguments’ about illicit tobacco trade attempt to … packs at 5.4%, 4 very similar to earlier studies of  3.2% in 2008/2009 6  and  5.8% in 2012/2013 . 6 A 2023 … of these steps. New Zealand Customs received a further $10.3 million in Budget 2022 to target tobacco smuggling …
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