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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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Invisible alcohol outlets: How data blind spots weaken harm reduction
… most harmful drug, costing society more than $9 billion a year. Restricting alcohol availability is proven to reduce … to fund compliance, requiring reporting to be submitted by a set date, and implementing a data standard for councils that would improve the …
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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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Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?
… the Tobacco Control 30 th anniversary issue and consider a response from tobacco industry spokespeople. 2 Finally, we … to exclusive use of NNTPs. However, marketing approaches often target young people resulting in high uptake of vaping … have a superficial appeal. For example, they acknowledge, after decades of opposing almost all regulatory measures, …
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How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers
… media handle #tobaccoexposed reminds us that, despite a new-found interest in ‘ unsmoking ’ the world, and moving … scientific evidence that smoking causes serious, and often fatal, diseases.[2] The overall aim, neatly summarised … stop making it .”[1] More than four decades later, and after the loss of millions more smokers’ lives, plans to …
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