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  • Analysis of a new NZ Treasury Report on soft drink tax

    … in Total Calorie Consumption: A Simple Framework” . 1   Mathematically the report is a nice read (to those so … the percentage change in total calorie intake for a 1% increase in price of the target food (ie. sugary drink). … close substitutes like alternative drinks they can rise to 1.0 or even higher (i.e. each 1% increase in price of sugary …
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  • Severe weather events linked to outbreaks of crypto in Aotearoa – New study

    … outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in NZ. 1   In NZ, Cryptosporidium  infections (cryptosporidiosis) in … with severe weather events from NIWA's Catalogue . Figure 1 shows the locations of statistically significant clusters … that aligned with severe weather events in NZ.   Figure 1. Clusters of cryptosporidiosis in NZ (1997-2015) at the …
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  • A pandemic that won’t go away – as Covid enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy

    … New Zealand  in eight weeks, killing 9,000 people – almost 1% of the population. 1 Then it was largely gone, returning as a new seasonal flu … BA.2.86 subvariant  in mid-2023. 4 Its offspring, JN.1, has acquired additional changes and is causing such a wave …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … Diana Sarfati on breast cancer screening. In Part 1 t hey looked at the contested research around breast cancer … for women aged 50-70 years should continue in the UK (1), to a Swiss review which recommended that existing breast …
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  • Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies

    … 2019 (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: 4510 to 5100 deaths) [1]. The total health loss in 2019, including non-fatal … life years (DALYs) lost (95%UI: 108,000 to 125,000) [1]. Furthermore, smoking causes health inequities, with … (PAHs) for all cancers. We reviewed recent studies (from 1 January 2017 onwards) that compared levels of these …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Why this could eliminate smoking disparities for Māori

    … step forward in how we think about tobacco control 1 . The Plan specifically references eliminating smoking … measures that have an influence at an individual level. p7 1 An alternative to business as usual: Kaupapa Tupeka Kore By …
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  • A public health perspective on taxing harmful products

    … carbon pricing mechanism has been widely criticised [1-4], and compares poorly to a well-designed carbon tax. Yet … and exclusion of the important agricultural sector [1-4]. As such it urgently needs major reform, possibly by … is because “adult drinkers in the most deprived areas were 1.7 times more likely to be hazardous drinkers than adult …
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  • Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?

    … will require large numbers of existing smokers to quit. 1 Also, there is a strong ethical case for providing … with youth and young adult smoking in Aotearoa? Figure 1 shows recent trends in daily smoking overall and among … 2015, and may even be starting to increase. 14 Figure 1 – Daily smoking prevalence 1999-2019 among all and Māori …
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  • The case for a NZ-Australia Pandemic Cooperation Agreement

    … at 27.3 million (95% uncertainty interval: 19.3 to 36.3). 1 Future pandemics are likely 2 and may even be at the … arrangements). Specific potential benefits follow. 1. Coordinated emerging disease surveillance and diagnostic … from a NZ-Australia pandemic cooperation agreement: (1) coordinated emerging disease surveillance; (2) …
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  • Lessons From history: Helping New Zealand prepare for future influenza pandemics

    … a Victoria University based conference on World War One [1]. There have been four influenza pandemics in the last 100 … are some of the lessons that have emerged from this work. 1) Try to avoid crowding in institutions and other settings: …
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