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Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?
… population health means that the legislative calendar will be packed with efforts to catch up on matters that have been left largely to market forces. There will be bottlenecks in policy expertise, in legal drafting, and in … The amount of tobacco smoke pollution in cars can be worse than in the smokiest pub. Even with car windows …
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COVID-19 and Māori health – when equity is more than a word
… with Pākehā. 4 Māori were also three times more likely to be hospitalised 4 and almost three times more likely to die … For us, equity means something. It is about who will be left on our paepae, in our homes and in our communities. … Pākehā mean that we are far more likely than Pākehā to be exposed to COVID-19 in the event of established community …
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Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic
… that the evidence from randomised controlled trials should be weighted more heavily than the results of the PURE Study … – possible, but unlikely. 3. “ Reverse causation cannot be completely ruled out” as the PURE authors’ state. Reverse … to completely rule out reverse causation, it could be that undiagnosed pathological processes were reducing …
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Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively?
… reported starting vaping in the expectation it would be a safer, but near similar, experience to smoking. They … complex rituals around tobacco consumption, which may be as important as accessing nicotine [6, 7]. Vaping did not … over their ENDS use. How can full transition to vaping be supported in NZ? Our findings have some important …
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“Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal
… accompanying progress review found that the goal will not be achieved on current trends, and will be missed by a wide margin for Māori and Pacific peoples, … options for the type of retail environments which would be allowed to sell tobacco. In addition, we propose …
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Preventing diabetes: What does the latest modelling evidence tell us about health gains and cost savings?
… as non-Māori or non-Asian New Zealanders (respectively) to be diagnosed with diabetes, and Pasifika in NZ are almost … in poorer neighbourhoods are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes as those living in wealthier … a very effective new treatment or a vaccine), there would be 1.8 million HALYs gained, and over NZ$38 billion saved in …
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Home modification to reduce falls – appears cost-effective in NZ
… intervention could produce considerable health gain and be cost-effective at a health district level in New Zealand. … 65+ or 75+ with previous injurious falls was estimated to be even more cost-effective (ICERs: $700 and $832, … to other health districts in NZ – but total benefits may be greatest in places where household crowding is worst …
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Transport, carbon emission reduction and health- the possibility of a virtuous circle?
… that there are many ‘no-brainer’ actions that can be taken now with likely health and environmental co-benefit. … and even our (expanding) bodies*. These decisions can be explicit or implicit; however the systematic favouring of … and cycling are difficult and/or unsafe, air quality can be poor and the social bonds of communities are regarded as …
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Minimum pricing of alcohol: what does the evidence say?
… prevents harm (and reduces health inequalities) appears to be stronger than Collins attests. Minister Collins recently … All such modelling studies have limitations and should be treated with a measure of scepticism. But careful … discussion about whether minimum unit pricing is likely to be effective policy for New Zealand depends on the outcomes …
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The policy bonfire of environment protection: 10 examples that threaten public health
… by environmental degradation, the new Government must be asked why it would undo existing environmental … enforced protections for the environment, communities can be harmed by drinking contaminated water [1-3] , breathing in … provide regulatory protections where private interests may be undermining the interests and health of the public. …
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