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  • World moving forward on the smokefree generation - Aotearoa NZ goes backwards

    … restrictions, such as the R18 law currently in place in NZ, which prohibit sale of tobacco products to anyone aged … to adopt similar measures. Contrasting views from Aotearoa NZ and England Jurisdictions proposing an SFG policy have … a vision of wellbeing for future generations. By contrast, NZ PM Luxon outlined perceived operational difficulties: “ …
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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … to the wellbeing of everybody in Aotearoa, New Zealand (NZ).” 5 Alcohol-related harm Alcohol is a major cause of … falling heavily on low-income communities and Māori. In NZ, an estimated 5.4% of all deaths are attributable to … $7.85 billion each year, 8 placing a major burden on NZ’s economy and falling well short of the annual alcohol …
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  • Casting a long shadow: Infection drives stomach cancer inequalities in Māori and Pacific peoples

    … cancer inequalities borne by Māori and Pacific peoples in NZ. We also discuss a possible next step which could be for … people have 3 to 6 times the rates of stomach cancer as NZ Europeans. These are some of the starkest relative … cancer around the world, there has been speculation in NZ that high Māori and Pacific rates are not largely …
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  • Meat, health, hospitals, and sustainability*

    … the Hon Julie Anne Genter. It was good to hear Dietitians NZ, in their response, emphasising the value of prevention, … outdated beliefs and is supported by Beef and Lamb NZ. The CEO of Dietitians NZ, Kath Fouhy, is quoted as saying, “while dietitians agree …
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  • NZ Health Strategy Consultation Draft – are the big prevention programmes really in there?

    … a second time this week on the consultation draft of the NZ Health Strategy, focusing this time on preventive … would make a meaningful difference to health in Aotearoa NZ. The draft Strategy has many strong aspects, but by having … adjusted life years (QALYs), for the remainder of the 2011 NZ population’s life. Many of the health service …
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  • Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?

    … Do the New Zealand (NZ) Government’s proposed changes to liberalise the … available at thousands of retail outlets throughout NZ. The Government has recently announced that it intends to … not compatible with the Government’s stated aim that NZ become an essentially smokefree nation by 2025. Reducing …
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  • (Un)licensed to kill: do we need to regulate how tobacco is sold?

    … inform tobacco supply policies (both published in the NZ Medical Journal, 1 April 2016). This blog overviews the … is available at up to 8,000 retail outlets (1) throughout NZ, though nobody actually knows the exact number. Selling … numbers by over 50% during the next 10-15 years (15). The NZ Government could demonstrate a serious commitment to its …
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  • New standardised packaging regulations: Some good steps, but many missed opportunities

    … The NZ Government’s recently released Standardised Packaging … have been the main beneficiaries of this policy. 4 5 The NZ Government’s slowness in adopting standardised packaging … to have greater impact.  The small steps made in NZ’s regulations are important, but much larger leaps are …
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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) claim that Philip Morris (NZ) Ltd had contravened the 1990 Smoke-free Environment Act … 2016/17  [*].   There were also profound decreases among NZ adolescents : between 2011 and 2017 the prevalence of … current smoking prevalence in 2006/7, 2011/12 and 2016/17 (NZ Health Survey) – with the largest reductions marked in …
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  • Why NZ should consider adopting “mass masking” as an additional step to speed elimination of the Covid-19 pandemic

    … it should be given serious consideration by the NZ Government to speed progress towards the elimination goal. … stigma The current World Health Organization (WHO) and NZ Ministry of Health’s advice to use a mask only if you are … by Judy Henderson with permission Mass mask use in the NZ context NZ appears to be making progress towards its …
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