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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … We were involved in a study published in last Friday’s NZ Medical Journal that tried to answer that question from a NZ public health perspective. In this blog we discuss what we found and … individuals need support to change. Rapid evolution of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) offers ever …
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  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence

    … achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal. This blog is one of a series examining key aspects of the proposals to help inform the debate and submissions. … and increasing quitting [1]. To ensure life-saving public health policies achieve their intended goal, illicit tobacco …
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  • Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues

    … topic and also take a wider perspective on other aspects of meat consumption on human health and the environment, and risk communication.   The cancer agency of the World Health Organization, the International Agency …
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  • Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management

    … a stand-out success story by ending community transmission of COVID-19. While there have been some well-publicised … “elimination” below). It would help if the Ministry of Health updated its website to clearly differentiate active … a face covering in public spaces to protect others) and “medical masking” (using “personal protective equipment” [PPE] …
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  • Management of Auckland’s border and COVID-19

    … Analysis of countries with reasonable quality data implies that the risk of Covid-19 infection for most vaccinated international … risk than Aucklanders wastes limited MIQ space. Public health would be better served by having those rooms available …
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  • Progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Congratulations to the Government

    … tobacco products to be sold in only a small number of stores; reducing the nicotine in tobacco products to very low levels; and restricting the legal sale of tobacco products to people born before a certain fixed … minimal smoking prevalence and eliminate smoking-related health disparities in Aotearoa. Key measures proposed …
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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … Snapshot Year 10 survey , a large cross-sectional survey of young people aged 14-15. The survey provides important … enable researchers and policy makers to assess the impact of different policies.  While the survey report reveals … of negative impacts on the respiratory, oral and mental health of adolescent users and reported these effects were …
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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … 2025 researchers summarised the strengths and limitations of the Bill, and concluded that it contained several … important measures, yet could do more to protect the health of children, young people and non-nicotine users. This blog – …
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  • Minimum pricing of alcohol: what does the evidence say?

    … is growing interest internationally around the setting of minimum prices on alcohol. In this blog we review a paper … in alcohol excise tax. Professor Jennie Connor, University of Otago, researches the public health impacts of alcohol policy in NZ   Last month Justice …
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  • Public health priorities in this election year

    … Summary In this article we review our Public Health Priorities Series, which highlights a range of public health challenges linked by a need for … illustrates what can be achieved by the wonderful fusion of public health evidence and progressive Government policy.  …
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