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New Zealand can lead the world in tobacco control: Plain packaging 2.0
… among both adults and adolescents (4-7). Furthermore, a recent analysis of plain packaging’s effects undertaken by … in on-pack labelling typically depict illnesses that occur after many years of smoking. Because many young people … before facing serious health risks (12), these warnings often have little impact. By contrast, warnings that depict …
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In the news: Public Health Priorities Series
… Here's a selection of coverage of the Public Health Priorities … co-authors closed the Public Health Priorities series with a call to action for our water regulator to do more to … catastrophic risks. They talked about how democracies often struggle to overcome their biases toward short-term …
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A Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Why this could eliminate smoking disparities for Māori
… The recent release of the Government’s “Proposals for a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan” (the Plan) represents a significant step forward in how we think about tobacco … our generations so you can make profits… 5 Shortly after the bill was presented to Parliament co-author of this …
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Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence
… the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal. This blog is one of a series examining key aspects of the proposals to help … overestimate the scale of illicit tobacco [6, 7], and often conclude that illicit tobacco trade is increasing . … trade [14, 15]. Countries with lower cost cigarettes have often been found to have higher levels of illicit tobacco …
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Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits
… food system resilience. In this, the first Briefing in a three-part series, we outline some of the key expected … impacts and evidence at these different levels. While a careful review of the evidence around outcomes from the investment in the Aotearoa NZ programme is required, a narrow definition of cost-benefit needs to be avoided. …
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More courage needed from our political parties—reviewing our election series
… our “Where do the parties stand” series, in which we put a range of public health issues to the five parties currently … well as flagging relevant policy announcements that came after the publication of some articles. On some of the issues … to decision-makers and the public. Public health covers a wide range of issues, so we have kept the survey to a …
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Home modification to reduce falls – appears cost-effective in NZ
… We have just published a modelling study on a home safety and modification programme to prevent falls in … $700 and $832, respectively) with the latter intervention often being cost-saving. There was no evidence for …
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Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?
… New Zealand (n=6000) How can we achieve the 2025 goal of a smokefree nation? The best approach to this tobacco endgame, as it is often called, is unclear. Options include ongoing tobacco tax rises, a sinking lid on tobacco imports, denicotinisation of tobacco …
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Unsafe waters: The hidden Campylobacter infection risk in rural New Zealand
… and regulated public water supplies, rural communities often depend on untreated sources like wells, boreholes, and … many New Zealanders who rely on private water sources face a higher risk of waterborne diseases such as Campylobacter infection. This Briefing outlines our recently published …
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“100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting
… (see this NZ Herald piece). Nevertheless, there is a case for striving to achieve the “100% level” with certain … health goals worth aiming for, through 100% elimination of a hazard or risk. Namely, tobacco, human papilloma virus … well be achievable in the near future (albeit a little after the target date). But what else should we have? A good …
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