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  • An open letter to Cabinet Ministers from 74 health professors calling for a sugary drinks tax

    … They have concluded that such taxes are likely to be one of the most cost-effective interventions available and have recommended that they should be part of a comprehensive approach to reduce childhood … in front of world health ministers in Geneva, it would be opportune and show great leadership to return and say …
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  • Taxing sugary drinks: Empirical findings out of Mexico

    … on sugar sweetened beverages. These findings deserve to be looked at carefully given the growing international … changes occurring simultaneously that were unable to be accounted for. What were the results in more detail? The … reduction in SSB consumption. The tax was considered to be ‘pro-equity’ as would be expected given the evidence that …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 1)

    … the absolute fundamental rationale of screening; should we be screening for breast cancer at all? This is a big deal, … at the heart of the core ethical judgement that needs to be made about any screening programme – do the theoretical … screening programme outweigh the definite harms that will be incurred? We talk through these issues in this Part 1 …
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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … is included in the ASAP action plan. Some measures would be subject to positive outcomes from consultation (e.g. with … impacts of tobacco tax on continuing smokers should be minimised by allocating additional revenue to supporting … sales to (i) licenced specialist vape shops which would be R18 and have cessation support materials and referral …
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  • Adaptation important but don’t give up on mitigation—what the new IPCC report means for Aotearoa

    … risks are a particular challenge in New Zealand , and will be amplified considerably by projected climate change. … and mitigation Adaptation is critical, and we should be planning for worst plausible outcomes in the longer term, … events in the immediate future. This adaptation will be challenged by the severity of climate extremes, and the …
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  • Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ

    … with smokers – whether on-pack or mass media – must be salient and timely to have strong and continuing impact on … Affairs Select Committee and Dame Tariana Turia should be congratulated for their stamina, as it is their initiative … that allow young people’s perceptions of smoking to be compared before and after the policy introduction, and …
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  • Bioethicists, scientists and politicians; decision-making in a pandemic

    … resource to consult widely around decisions that need to be made so having a pre-existing document such as this can be very helpful. In my recently published paper 5 I argue … way the pandemic is playing out there. This requires us to be united behind our decision makers, the politicians, even …
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  • Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues

    … meat (4), although results from both meta-analyses should be interpreted with caution due to the potential of residual … In the future, though, increasing emphasis needs to be placed on guidance as to a healthier diet. Of course people make trade-off decisions and some will be prepared to sacrifice (on expectation) something like …
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  • Dementia: Update on causes and prevention, including the role of COVID-19

    … as developing in three stages [ 1] . The first can be missed and is characterised by: impairment of memory; … disoriented in time and place; changes in behaviour can be prominent, including marked lack of personal care and the … instance, Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia are thought to be distinguishable (Alzheimer’s is a disorder of neurons …
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  • Warmest New Zealand winter ever recorded – The Government should do more on climate change

    … New Zealanders ). Image 1: Warmer temperatures can be nice for some – but drought may become more common with … to comprehend the implications of climate science, should be taking such existential risks very seriously. That is, countries should all be supporting concerted international action to reduce the …
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