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  • Smokefree Aotearoa – world-leading developments with profound public health implications

    … ill health and premature death in Aotearoa, particularly for Māori. In December 2021, the government launched the … is dominated by three multinational companies: British American Tobacco (BAT), Philip Morris International (PMI) and … appeal of smoked tobacco products Introduce Bill to allow only very low nicotine STPs Establish technical Advisory …
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  • Long COVID: Century-old Lessons We Still Have Not Learned

    … informed by some very large studies and a meta-analysis. The two most concerning aspects of long COVID are its high … outcomes. Such findings reinforce the continuing need for government action and individual commitment to the core … on the contribution that asymptomatic infection makes to the subsequent burden of long COVID; this is likely …
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  • Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties

    … Shaw, A/Prof Ralph Chapman, Prof Philippa Howden-Chapman The health organisation OraTaiao convened a group of experts … had in Government.   Voters who are asking “What is best for NZ society and the planet in the long-term?” may wish to … Nicaragua. It has funded housing insulation, but despite only a third of houses being insulated, it has also scaled …
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  • The urgent need for a Covid-19 Action Plan for Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … (NZ) in early 2022, the Government announced a policy for schools that was essentially a business-as-usual … seemed overly optimistic. Children aged 5-11 years only became eligible for their first vaccine dose two weeks … full benefit will not be realised unless the Government makes respirator masks freely available and mandates mask use …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … The 2020 Olympic Games were originally postponed due to the … situation in Japan, as compared to NZ, and discuss lessons for nations considering hosting large events with … data. 16 17 For example, as of 18 July 2021, Japan had only tested 131 people per 1000 population, while NZ had …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project

    … or have recently quit smoking and who participated in the ITC New Zealand project from 2016-2021. The blog … documents attitudes towards smoking and quitting, support for, and perceived impacts of, key measures included in the … tobacco products by permitting these products to be sold only in a small number of specialised stores or pharmacies; …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … Summary There is growing concern about the increasing prevalence of vaping among young people in … highlight the limited information available and the need for improved monitoring information for this key age group. … smoking prevalence 3% in 2022. Data on vaping is available only since 2015, when prevalence was relatively low, after …
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  • Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak

    … experiencing widespread community transmission caused by the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this blog we … safe in all settings during an Omicron outbreak. Lessons for NZ from the global experience of Omicron The Omicron … Covid-19 The vaccine rollout for 5-11 year-olds has only just begun on 17 January. 12-17 year-olds are not yet …
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  • Monitoring and forecasting the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand including the successful impact of the lockdown

    … blog, we introduce our modelling approach to estimating the transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of … We demonstrate the usefulness of the Wallinga model for the calculation of the effective reproduction number and … transmissibility is usually not constant but varies over time in response to such things as an influx of infected …
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  • New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality

    … This briefing highlights valuable and timely lessons for better ways of safeguarding and improving freshwater quality identified by a new report on the failure to protect high-country lakes from degradation. … So while damning (as the headline of the Report’s only media coverage read) , the Report’s findings are …
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