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  • What will the Government’s free vape starter kit programme achieve?

    … Summary As part of the Government’s plan to achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal, … impact free vape starter kits will have on the number of people who stop smoking, using both optimistic and … to stop smoking this year. This estimate is less than 1% of the 82,000+ people who need to quit if we are to achieve …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … Tomorrow’ (Figure 2) – by reducing the health impact of their business through ‘Portfolio transformation’ that … NNTPs to adult current and former smokers is not a sustainable business model. For example, the market for NNTPs … that the tobacco industry and its associates may shape the development, framing and language of ‘transformation’ and its …
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  • What does recent biomarker literature say about the likely harm from e-cigarettes?

    … results are highly variable but all suggest lower levels of risk to vapers relative to tobacco smokers. Yet as the … vape) and there is no evidence yet about long-term effects of e-cigarette use on health outcomes, a lot more future … research will be needed to get a reasonable understanding of the relative harms.   Why focus on biomarker studies? …
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  • Seven decades of severe weather events in Aotearoa New Zealand: What are the human health impacts?

    … timeframe, there were 498 severe weather events recorded, of which 185 were linked with either injuries or deaths. In total, the deaths of 362 people were reported, and the most common cause of death was boating accidents. The health consequences of …
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  • Daily aspirin for preventing cancer and heart disease – where to from here in NZ?

    … review has quantified the estimated benefits and harms of taking regular aspirin for disease prevention. The results … cancers and heart attacks – but also harmful in terms of causing gastric bleeding and one type of stroke). But for … disease prevention. But NZ needs careful guideline development and more NZ specific research. Acknowledgements: …
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  • Expanding the Definition of Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Mindset Change to Help Achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa

    … tobacco harm reduction will likely support realisation of the Smokefree Aotearoa Goal, this approach is often … that goes beyond supporting access to and uptake of alternative nicotine products like vaping and recognises … These include measures that decrease the harmfulness of smoked tobacco products to the user and to others, and …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 1)

    … Professor Diana Sarfati consider the pros and cons of breast cancer screening, in light of the growing controversy (mostly in the northern … hemisphere) about the possibility that the benefits of breast cancer screening are (much) less than previously …
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  • Covid-19 Hospitalisations Now Peaking in Aotearoa NZ – But Key Covid-19 Control Measures Still Need to be Maintained

    … now peaking across the country. To date, the peak burden of hospitalisations and ICU admissions in NZ has been lower … in the Omicron epidemic as it is a more valid indicator of the epidemic peak than are daily case numbers. This is … expertise and experience to coordinate the response in a sustainable way. Such a Centre would presumably be a key part …
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  • Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case

    … Protecting waterways has the benefits of: (1) protecting water from hazardous microbes; (2) … waterways to the Ministry for the Environment, as part of a current consultation process which ends on 31 October.   … High levels of nitrate in drinking water can lead to the development of methaemoglobinaemia in infants [2, 20]. …
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  • Aotearoa’s perinatal and maternal death rates remain inequitable and unjust

    … decrease in all-cause perinatal mortality over the years of 2006-2021 according to the Perinatal and Maternal … those younger than 20 years, and those living in areas of higher deprivation, have worse perinatal outcomes. The … little change in the last 10 years. A greater likelihood of a pregnancy ending in perinatal death where Covid-19 …
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