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  • Minimum pricing of alcohol: what does the evidence say?

    … Jennie Connor, University of Otago, researches the public health impacts of alcohol policy in NZ   Last month Justice … of gains in terms of quality-adjusted life-years.” In the public health field, we seldom see policy packages that have …
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  • New Zealand’s hard-won improvements to our Building Code must be retained: Here’s why

    … just affect industry, it will impact energy savings and health. In this Briefing, we lay out the evidence for … elements found a positive cost benefit. 2 The initial plan was for a one-year transition time to the new standards, … Housing and Health Research Programme, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington Andrew Eagles …
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  • The case for banning cigarette filters

    … tobacco companies’ search for a solution to growing health “controversies” regarding smoking. Advances in … rendered smoking safe.  He wrote: “ The cigarette smoking public attaches great significance to visual examination of … growth in capsule sales is thus more likely to reflect recruitment of new, predominantly young “replacement smokers” …
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  • Advance Care Planning – good for patient care and better use of health dollars?

    … of thinking about, talking about and planning for future health care and end of life care. In its delivery, this seems … health care process, so what relevance has it got for Public Health? Actually a lot. We know that we spend around … it is now up to all of us, planners, clinicians and the public as a whole to embrace the idea and give it a good run …
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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 last five years, … achieve a comprehensive response to the environmental and health threats from plastics. Introduction In 2019, the … case for urgent action. 2 The evidence base for the human health impacts of plastics was less developed 1 but it was …
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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … to smoked tobacco; we discuss their efforts to infiltrate public health agendas while continuing to innovate with smoked … free.   Tobacco companies’ sustained deceit of the general public, particularly people who smoke, is a matter of public …
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  • Retailing of vaping products – New NZ Research

    … Members of the public health community hold divergent views on how access to vaping … should be carefully regulated to minimise adverse public health outcomes. At the same time as considering the …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … smokefree laws , against  scientific evidence and  public opinion . Its alternative plan for achieving the Smokefree 2025 goal remains unclear. … tobacco but are addictive and are associated with oral health problems and several cancers including oral, …
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  • Making the most of masks

    … Masks and vaccination have a central role in minimising the health and economic impact of COVID-19, regardless of the … outbreak of the COVID-19 Delta variant continues, and the public becomes eager to move out of lockdown, the need to … move down Alert Levels is through universal masking by the public. Evidence that universal masking works The primary …
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  • Media release: Unaffordable home heating increases risk of severe mental distress

    … heat your home can not only lead to poor physical health but can also increase the risk of severe mental health … according to new overseas research. University of Otago Public Health senior researcher, Dr Kimberley O’Sullivan, has … subjective wellbeing or life satisfaction. In the latest Public Health Communication Briefing , Dr O’Sullivan says in …
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