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  • Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes

    … This blog looks at five important ways that the Children’s Code for Advertising Food could be substantially improved to … be considered too. However, the Health Star Ratings are only applicable to packaged foods and a cut point has not yet …
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  • Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’

    … Summary This Briefing considers the deaths caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in the context of … country. Given the scale of the impacts, there is a need for a broader inquiry to the impact and governmental/societal … Island eruption, and Cyclone Gabrielle. That makes 59. These events are displayed in the interactive …
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  • Human health impacts of plastic exposure – an evolving evidence base

    … Summary The evidence for harm to human health caused by plastic has grown in the … a useful discussion of some concerns expressed by the scientific community on the methodological approaches used, … particles. v. Noting that this paper is in pre-print only and that some of the methodology used may be contested. …
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  • “Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?

    … 2025 goal, plain packaging or some other policy measure, the question will come up – ‘well why don’t you just ban it?’ … the sale of tobacco? This blog considers some arguments for and against a ban on the production (other than tobacco … albeit still a substantial one. In the 2013 census only 15% of adults were regular (daily) smokers, and 62% of …
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  • Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy

    … The NZ Government has published a discussion document outlining an Action Plan for achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and invited … 2022, when TFG takes over. From then on, tobacco sales can only be made to people born in 2003 or earlier. As with laws …
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  • Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?

    … Summary In early 2024 the coalition Government repealed key measures in the … condemned 2,3 and the coalition government criticised for failing to offer an alternative plan. Now, less than two … prevalence at the population level. This is because, only a small portion of people who smoke access cessation …
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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … perpetuate inequalities and provides insufficient money for public services  to deal effectively with a daunting … income (PAYE ie income that a person earns). This makes up 33% of total planned government revenue in 2022-23. … we have a ‘bright-line test’ for some capital gains, this only applies to housing and then only when a house is bought …
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  • The cost burden of excess weight in New Zealand: Sizing up a new report

    … childhood and adult obesity prevalence after plateauing for a decade. This is of great concern and it makes a new report from the Sapere Research Group on the … to the condition (intangible costs).  However, they are only estimates and they can have very wide ranges, especially …
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  • Public health and Budget 2024

    … a recession. This situation results in reduced funding for health determinants, including health care, education, … and law and order, shrinking relative to GDP over the next three years.  Public health, which requires … not all interventions are equal. Support each other in not only making the prioritisation, but also putting in place – …
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  • Why eliminating Covid-19 is critical: Since more waves of infection, hospitalisations and deaths are inevitable for other countries until a vaccine arrives

    … There are really only three ways that a population can beat Covid-19: (i) eliminate the virus and keep infected people out (the approach NZ is … and is estimated to be at least half of any population for Covid-19); or (iii) develop an effective vaccine, which …
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