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  • Minimum pricing of alcohol: what does the evidence say?

    … As a strategy to reduce harm from alcohol, there is growing … with a measure of scepticism. But careful modelling often provides the best evidence we have to make decisions in … impressive ability to reduce health inequalities. This is often not acknowledged, due to one of two mindsets: policies …
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  • An Official Inquiry into the Covid-19 Pandemic Response – It’s Time and it’s Vital

    … The Government has acknowledged the need for a formal review of the Covid-19 pandemic response. In this … such, we suggest that it should report back to Parliament after the 2023 election. The terms of reference could also be … inquiries were held for all such disasters with 10+ deaths after the year 1936. Of note was evidence of learnings from …
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  • Lessons from Canada for NZ: Carbon, Cycling, Tobacco, Nutrition and Cannabis

    … Canada has a number of progressive public policies which can influence … protein foods Choose proteins that come from plants more often When you can, consume unsaturated fats instead of … eg:  “ WARNING: Do not drive or operate machinery after using cannabis.  More than 4,000 Canadians were injured …
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  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … The Virtual Supermarket is a 3D computer model of a real supermarket that we started developing some years ago. … on other (unhealthier) products (I can have chocolate after I eat my broccoli) [3,4]. Now, the question is how to …
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  • Ventilation in NZ schools during the Omicron wave – results from a preliminary study

    … Ventilation is a key and relatively underutilised public health measure that … into a doubling of the absolute risk of Covid-19 infection (note the absolute risk can be also decreased by … other respiratory infections and to improve student cognitive performance while learning. To reduce burden on …
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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … being -6.1% for NZ and -6.3% for the OECD. Nevertheless, a fuller accounting of health, economic and equity impacts … where long-term illness may occur even in people with mild or no symptoms during their initial infection; 11 and (iii) the prevention on anxiety in the …
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  • Fast-track Bill puts NZ on wrong track, threatening public health

    … Approvals Bill to Parliament. The Bill would allow a small number of Ministers to approve infrastructure and … the Bill was presented to Parliament) to 19 March 2024 (after which this Briefing was drafted). From this review, we … of Conservation] and local councils. These projects are often hobbled by too much emphasis being given to amenity …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … potential value of shifting smokers to become vapers From a public health perspective, it might seem preferable to … in some settings where smoking is not permitted; such a measure could encourage smokers to switch to vaping … both produce visible clouds exhaled from people’s mouths after they have drawn on a device. Some vapers themselves …
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  • Social contract needed to deliver a 'no BS' public health agenda

    … Summary A government budget should—at a minimum—be a future-focussed plan for how limited productive resources …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … the Smokefree 2025 goal. However, it is not all bad news. A major avenue of hope for a smokefree Aotearoa comes from the enthusiastic efforts by … tobacco tax increases (the single most effective measure) after the last scheduled increase in January 2016. The …
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