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  • In the news: Reducing tobacco outlets won’t increase ram raids - research

    … legislation," Professor Janet Hoek told TVNZ's Breakfast on 27 February. The PHCC Briefing, Smokefree Laws: Reducing … will decrease crime , was the topic of the interview on TVNZ. Professor Hoek featured on Newstalk ZB and Newshub … on retail crime and ram raids was quoted on Morning Report in questions to Prime Minister Luxon on repealing the …
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  • In the news: Low income households cut back on showering, washing and cooking as power bills rise

    … Dr Kimberley O'Sullivan was interviewed on RNZ for this piece, Low income households cut back on showering, washing and cooking as power bills rise , following the publication of our Briefing, … cut back on showering, washing and cooking as power bills rise …
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  • Making the most of masks

    … we use against the pandemic. These interventions depend on both good performance and high population coverage.  Here … of choosing a mask, it is important to consider the use of medical masks or multi-layer cloth masks with tightly woven … are likely to become more practical and more widely used. Medical exemptions for mask use are generally few, but …
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  • Action needed to halt New Zealand’s obesity epidemic: Themes from Big Food Symposium

    … and national public health experts and delegates met on Monday this week to consider how to address New Zealand’s … Minister of Health, they stress the critical need to focus on upstream policies to prevent obesity as well. … presented on the value of: banning advertising to children under the age of 16 introduction of a fizzy drink tax in New …
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  • Insights into health system costs of living and dying in New Zealand – New study

    … A study in the NZ Medical Journal shows how public spending on health varies markedly by age and proximity to death ( … future health spending by a few per cent.  That is, under best-guess future trends in demography, disease and …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … 3 deaths), but the others were successfully contained at under six cases each (as per the time of writing). This total … Alert Level 1.5. This Level should include mandated masks on public transport (as being discussed by the Government for … under continued Alert Level 1. 16 No investigation report of this outbreak has yet been published. MIQ facility …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Public policy options to address alcohol-related harm in Aotearoa

    … to reducing alcohol-related harm through policies on alcohol tax, availability and marketing.   This blog is … at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly .   One in 20 deaths in Aotearoa are … and Māori. Alcohol consumption causes immediate demands on healthcare through treating acutely intoxicated people and …
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  • New study on going smokefree – major economic gains for NZ society with manageable costs for government

    … Summary This Briefing details our just published study on the economics of Aotearoa NZ’s smokefree endgame policy … that are far more appropriate than perversely relying on tobacco tax. Given both the major health and economic … benefits of this law. What is new in this Briefing We report on our just published study that found that NZ’s …
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  • Aotearoa’s government-funded school lunches failing nutrition standards

    … national consortium for the majority of Years 7+ learners on the programme. 2 The consortium, the School Lunch … provided is 30-40% lower than the lunches served in 2022 under the original funding model and only around half the … for a school lunch and 30-40% less than lunches provided under the previous model. Of the 13 meals that could be …
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  • Sustained Resilience: the impact of nuclear war on New Zealand and how to mitigate catastrophe

    … our society is a complex adaptive system heavily dependent on trade. Major perturbations triggered by nuclear war could … losing weight. NZ produces something in the order of 9,500 kcal/capita/day (Schramski, Woodson, Steck, Munn, & … a detailed local study of food production and distribution under nuclear winter and zero trade/scarce fuel conditions, …
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