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Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal
… per annum increases in tobacco tax alone will not be able to achieve the 2025 Goal. In this blog post we outline our favoured package to achieve the 2025 Goal which is ongoing increases in … the current state-of-the-art tobacco control interventions from around the world e.g., plain packaging, banning …
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Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?
… carrying children. This would demonstrate their commitment to children’s health and well-being, respond to public and smoker opinion, follow official and … of children exposed to smoking in cars decreased slightly from 2006 to 2014. However, in 2015 (the most recent data …
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Why do so many fear the bicycle?
… quantifying the risk of cycling injury. We found it to be low compared to other activites that New Zealanders … bike is shunted, literally, to the side of the road), and how this might be changed. “It is too dangerous” is the … way to bring bikes back from the margin is to provide safe spaces for cyclists of all abilities to get to where …
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Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory
… Otago Wellington, we are urging the Electricity Authority to make the Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory to protect health. A new report shows up to 55% of … not being protected by the Guidelines. Based on evidence from our own and other research, our He Kāinga Oranga / …
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Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers: The Swiss cheese model
… but makes no concrete proposals for change. It also fails to provide an overall assessment of the effectiveness of … Review of the Arms Act 1983 is an opportunity to consider how firearms safety can be improved in Aotearoa New Zealand … of individual gun owners, registration of firearms, safe storage requirements, a ban on semi-automatic firearms, …
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The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree
… in the smokefree arena and is doubling down on its efforts to reach the 2025 goal. This blog asks if it is enough to aim just for smokefree or whether Te Tiriti o Waitangi … of the Child (UNCROC) to ensure children are protected from the harms associated with smoking. In recent years, the …
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Modelling tobacco tax – implications of BODE3 paper just out, and personal reflections on the research journey
… paper is important. I also reflect on my 8 year journey from laying the foundations for this paper to its actual publication, the realisation of a vision of … We have previously published research and blogs showing how – as best we can model – that ongoing 10% per annum …
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Proposed Emissions Reduction Plan: A weak response to a weak target
… developed by the previous government that were likely to be effective in reducing emissions. It relies instead on … in transport, agriculture and environment will lead to increased emissions so are working against the ERP2. As a … preferable for the NDC to be met to a far greater degree from domestic emission reductions, which are more secure, …
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Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle
… Public health experts are issuing a call to action for New Zealand to strengthen its pandemic preparedness efforts in response … response strategies, say the authors of a new Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . At the …
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Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?
… 2,3 and the coalition government criticised for failing to offer an alternative plan. Now, less than two months … this was the best we could do. A common analogy for how we can place limits on our expectations references an … in primary health services) and supporting people to stay ‘smokefree’ (e.g. providing more options to quit …
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