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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … discussion – summarises emerging evidence of British American Tobacco’s ambitious plans for its nicotine products, and highlights the disjunction … “18+ or older entering nicotine category”). Figure 2 makes it clear that by “entrants” BAT means new nicotine …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … We conclude that there seems an overall strong rationale for “Smokefree = Vapefree” in all circumstances for the … products could potentially increase quit rates (though scientific evidence on this point remains unclear) or move … able to vape in places where smoking is typically banned, “only 12% (n=124) reported finding it difficult to refrain …
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  • Potential health co-benefits from eradicating rats, stoats and possums in NZ towns and cities

    … The eradication of some introduced pests such as rats, stoats … be to native birds and enhanced biodiversity, as well as for agriculture (if bovine tuberculosis is eradicated … more rainfall and reducing the speed of run-off. The scientific literature does provide evidence that vegetation …
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  • It’s been 3 years since COVID entered New Zealand – here are 3 ways to improve our response

    … gave this country exceptionally low mortality during the first three years of the pandemic. However, widespread … of an optimal mix of interventions. We need to prepare for future pandemics and there are multiple lessons from the … of Covid-19 infections. In 2022, Covid-19 became the second leading cause of death in New Zealand behind ischaemic …
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  • A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model – guiding better housing and urban development

    … Summary Significant effort is underway to address the housing crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand including rapid … and urban environments, members of the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities have developed A Whakawhanaungatanga … particularly as home is where whānau spend most of their time. 6  High quality housing – including secure, healthy, …
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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … we present trends in BMI by ethnicity in NZ going back to the 1980s. Over the last four decades the annual increase in … The Ministry of Health has a very user friendly tool for accessing Health Survey data , including for trends over time. Using this tool, body mass index (BMI) has shown …
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  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … to increase access to hearing healthcare and to reduce the risk and consequences of social isolation. Figure 1. This … cause of years-lived-with-disability across all ages, and for those over the age of 70 years of age, hearing loss is … although age-related hearing loss is highly prevalent, only approximately 20% of adults with a hearing loss will use …
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  • Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study

    … just published a modelling study on exercise programmes in NZ to prevent falls in older people. This work suggests … (home-based or group-based exercise) is good value for money for the NZ Government. In this blog we consider these results …
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  • Capitalising on NZ’s linked data by increasing IT and researcher capacity: Opportunity is knocking

    … A key strategic advantage for NZ and research is our national routinely-collected … Conversely, NZ has some key barriers to overcome to make the best use of that data – most importantly, data systems … with machine learning 6-8 (apparently, there is only one machine learning project in the SNZ IDI to this …
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  • The need for an updated strategic approach to Covid-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … The NZ Government appears to have drifted into an unclear strategic approach to Covid-19 control. In this blog we outline one potential way forward: a regional … Aotearoa NZ was clearly using an elimination strategy for Covid-19 control. Also, the Government had released (in …
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