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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey

    … was particularly marked among younger age groups, Māori and Pacific peoples, and people living in the most deprived … older people who smoke to switch to vaping.  E-cigarettes or vaping may help to reduce smoking prevalence as a … findings Population trends in vaping prevalence  Figure 1 shows recent trends in vaping prevalence in the adult …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … With the 2020 election over and with a newly elected government, it is an excellent time … cross-border incursions of the pandemic virus (five since 1 August, including a large outbreak in Auckland) highlights … The issue of pre-flight quarantine and testing (PCR test or potentially a rapid antigen test) is one option to reduce …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims

    … an Action Plan for the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and proposes substantially reducing the number of retailers … typically spend money on other things , such as groceries or treats. Tobacco companies also propagate this claim; for … as much as the average convenience shopper per year” [1] to UK retailers. Independent research evidence does not …
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  • Using Rapid Antigen Tests to improve COVID-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … In this blog we briefly describe RATs, their performance, and how they could be used to further improve Aotearoa NZ’s COVID-19 response . Figure 1: Rapid Antigen Test kit given out freely from the NHS in … (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction [PCR]) or other nucleic acid amplification methods. These RT-PCR …
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  • Strengthening Omicron mitigation strategies in Early Childhood Education settings

    … discuss what is needed to protect this group of children and their whānau as we navigate the next phases of the … among children infected with Covid-19 are uncommon (1 to 2% of infected young persons under the age of 20 years). … Wearing masks in ECE centres is not mandated for staff or preschool students due to concerns for young children’s …
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  • Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies

    … The second uses these findings to estimate the net health and cost impacts for NZ of vaping devices having become … 2019 (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: 4510 to 5100 deaths) [1]. The total health loss in 2019, including non-fatal … diseases. This modelling estimated the net benefits (or harms) of allowing vaping in NZ compared to the …
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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … significantly to diseases like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, affecting a growing number of people who … Matepukupuku (Cancer Society Research Collaboration) . 1 Researchers at the University of Otago conducted a … For example, half the respondents said they were unsure or didn’t know of any food or drink that could potentially …
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  • Evidence supports the need to protect adolescents from social media harms

    … distress, sleep disruption, eating disorders, and low self-esteem in young people.  While there are also … a strong enough evidence base for action: delay access and support youth and whānau through a coordinated public … among 18–24-year-olds have more than quadrupled (Figure 1). Today, more than one in five report experiencing high …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Simple transport system changes could quickly relieve the crisis in our hospitals

    … comprehensive pop-up networks for biking, scooting and wheelchair use and speed limit reductions.   This blog is … in place physical barriers to stop cars (but not bikes or people) driving through local streets increases walking … probably use . These effects are seen almost immediately (1-year evaluation) and endure or increase over time (3-year …
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  • Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management

    … further improvements in NZ’s response are possible and in this blog we detail how pandemic terminology could be … 2 there is an event size limit of 100 and at Alert Level 1 it is allowable to fill a sports stadium with 40,000 … but outside of a controlled border facility for isolation or quarantine. If such community transmission occurs, then NZ …
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