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  • The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree

    … Tiriti o Waitangi the Government is obliged to protect the health and wellbeing of Māori. It is further obligated under both the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the WHO Framework …
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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … In this blog, we explore how allocating a proportion of tobacco tax revenue to assist smokers, and funding other … help avoid unintended outcomes and support continuation of an effective policy intervention. As the last scheduled … and smoking prevalence, and could bring profound health benefits, 6 it is also important to consider the …
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  • Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … for infrastructure, but there is still a shortage of habitable safe housing for low-income households. … an inclusive, more equitable society. The rapidity of climate change bringing wilder weather requires not only … housing deprivation often experience further debilitating health consequences, with impacts on their education and …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … An Independent Inquiry is now investigating the cause of the water-borne outbreak caused by Campylobacter in … not miss the opportunity to think up-stream, on the scale of water catchments, agricultural economies and climate … not just for reasons of taste, but also, possibly, for health reasons (such as risks associated with chlorinated …
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  • Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes

    … bottom line is that such a tax would probably be good for health of all groups in NZ, but particularly the poorest New … not have as large an impact on health as, say, reduction of salt in processed food or food reformulation to reduce …
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  • The hardening hypothesis for smoking – but does the evidence point to “softening” in NZ?

    … among those quitting. If true it would support the views of the people who say to me with wearying regularity when I … and hence the hypothesis can be tested. The population of smokers could become: (i) more highly addicted (eg, … (eg, more poor smokers, more smokers with mental health conditions). The net effect should be a reduced rate …
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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … Pricing is one of the most potent influences on consumers’ behaviour. … to implement tobacco excise taxes, which raise the price of tobacco thus reducing tobacco consumption and smoking … have played an important role in reducing smoking in NZ. Health Committee members considering submissions on the …
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  • Adaptation important but don’t give up on mitigation—what the new IPCC report means for Aotearoa

    … emissions, global heating will roughly triple by the end of the century. Climate change already damages human health … Author details Prof Alistair Woodward , Professor - Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland Dr John Kerr , Department of Public Health, University of Otago, …
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  • Why a “mouth and nose” lockdown with masks might help avoid a “full body” lockdown at home

    … The concepts of an Alert Level system, household “bubbles”, and social … control measures. Nevertheless, better “source control” of COVID-19 at various Alert Levels by requiring masks in … with the associated adverse economic, social and mental health effects. Typical street/shopping scene in Hong Kong …
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  • Stubbing out democracy: no Government mandate for smokefree repeal

    … whether this action has a mandate and legitimacy. Repeal of the legislation was not put before the electorate in the … have strong public support. Views of community leaders, health organisations and health and smokefree policy experts … deep concerns expressed by numerous groups, including 105 medical, health, education and social service organisations …
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