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

    … 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 … But despite smoking rates falling since the adoption of the Smokefree 2025 target, disparities in smoking rates …
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  • Taxing sugary drinks: Empirical findings out of Mexico

    … highly anticipated purchasing data examining the impact of taxing sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) in Mexico (1). This … 12% reduction in purchases and a 4% increase in purchases of untaxed beverages one year after implementation. In this … and how these results might apply to improving the control of obesity and improving child oral health in New Zealand.   …
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  • NZ’s smart use of big data: Employment & income impacts of selected health conditions

    … New Zealand is making rapid strides in the smart use of big data to provide better health information for … Paper that considers the employment and income effects of eight health conditions. Such information could ultimately inform the best use of resources for disease prevention and treatment …
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  • Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response

    … strategy is now threatened by the global emergence of new variants with increasingly high transmissibility. We … to keep New Zealanders safe, particularly in the light of the current outbreak risk in Wellington. Immediate actions … are now experiencing a very different pandemic from that of 2020. The Delta variant now accounts for 99% of Covid-19 …
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  • Perspective: Options for licensed retailing of nicotine-containing E-Cigarettes in NZ

    … The NZ Ministry of Health is currently consulting on options around making … Perspective Blog briefly examines possible pros and cons of two plausible licensed retail options: pharmacies and vape … But possible downsides might be: Such shops would in theory have a major economic incentive to continue and expand …
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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … ago has not resulted in big declines in the proportion of people who smoke, or had more than a modest impact on quit … population health, we must also consider the second area of debate: vaping’s likely impact on non-smokers. Non-smokers … risks from long-term use (although the natural history of vaping among youth and long-term health effects are highly …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 goal is in danger of receding – will the Ministry of Health’s ‘realignment’ get it back on track?

    … The Ministry of Health proposes realigning tobacco control services to … Smokefree 2025 goal. However, will a ‘realignment’ of existing services ensure the goal is realised? In this … communication of the Smokefree 2025 goal, facilitate development of local strategies and interventions, and …
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  • Choosing a healthier, fairer future for Aotearoa: New report provides the direction

    … 1998 report on social, cultural and economic determinants of health which also highlighted these critical health … across a range of policy areas, including regional development, transport and water security.   The NZ … Health Research Programme and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities, Department of Public Health, tākou …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … has recently been reported in the New England Journal of Medicine . While reinforcing extensive past work that a (very) high intake of salt is hazardous to health – an increased hazard was also found for low intakes of salt (i.e., a “J-shaped” or “U-shaped” relationship). This …
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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … focusses on the tobacco industry’s continued targeting of young people, whose addiction to nicotine will help ensure … nicotine free.   Tobacco companies’ sustained deceit of the general public, particularly people who smoke, is a … of the peer group, and relative structure in life, to the development of one’s own personal, social and occupational …
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