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  • Tackling child poverty: will the nation’s political leaders honour Richie Poulton’s legacy?

    … achievements, significant findings, and policy relevance of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study which he led for over 20 years. Crucially, … has highlighted the enduring and often profound impact of individuals’ early life experiences and environment on …
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  • Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies

    … may have on public health. The first estimates that use of modern vaping devices could be around a third as harmful … to estimate the net health and cost impacts for NZ of vaping devices having become widely available. We draw on … denicotinisation and greatly reduced availability of tobacco products. However, although the NZ Government has …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … to sustained concerns about the rising prevalence of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use among young people, many of whom find e-liquid flavours very appealing. At the same … Morris International’s IQOS device did not breach s29 of the Smoke-free Environments Act, which prohibits the …
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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … New Zealand is higher than in comparable countries — 15% of 15-17 year olds vape every day. Nicotine causes minimal … responses need to reflect the highly addictive nature of vaping, particularly in young people, and mitigate risks … strengthens these pathways and plays a key part in the development of addiction. 4 The process often begins with the …
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  • The strong case for mask requirements in public transportation and border control settings in NZ’s current COVID-19 pandemic context

    … SARS-CoV-2 is highly infectious, with a large proportion of asymptomatic (including pre-symptomatic) transmission, … for additional control measures, notably widespread use of masks by the public [1]. Current pandemic control policies … extensive data from high quality RCTs, but on a collection of imperfect evidence. The high societal and economic cost of …
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  • NZ’s long-running Campylobacter epidemic from poultry: Now with antibiotic resistance

    … Added to this problem is the recent rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in these Campylobacter infections … potential solutions: (i) build on the past NZ success of regulating lower contamination levels in poultry; (ii) … switch completely to other protein foods.   Rapid spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in NZ poultry NZ has a …
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  • Lessons from Canada for NZ: Carbon, Cycling, Tobacco, Nutrition and Cannabis

    … Canada has a number of progressive public policies which can influence health. In … briefly look at 6 potential lessons for NZ in the domains of: (i) responding to climate change; (ii) supporting … and be worth studying. Here we look at six stand-out areas of potential public health significance for NZ. 1) Response …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal

    … A new Action Plan was launched by one of New Zealand’s great tobacco control champions – Dame … tobacco-control goal with origins in the vision of Māori leaders for Tupeka Kore (tobacco free) Aotearoa. A … Respiratory Foundation have included full implementation of the Plan in its Political Manifesto for 2017 . In an …
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  • Implementing healthy food environment policies in Aotearoa

    … policies influencing food costs, and restricting marketing of unhealthy foods that children see. Sixty experts … to be adopted in many policy areas, such as marketing of unhealthy food to children and healthy food policies in … to be clear leadership from the Public Health Agency, and development of a government-led multi-sectoral National Food …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … a critical role in this country’s successful elimination of community transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog details key aspects of … at the time of release. Non-compliance also means, in theory, prosecution is possible – with a penalty of …
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