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  • Using a fun “Mask Day” at school to promote pandemic protection in the NZ community

    … “Mask Day” at school to promote positive public messages on masks, which may lead to increased public engagement of … still not mandatory at this stage (though will become so on public transport, planes and taxis on 31 August ). This voluntary approach has led to suboptimal …
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  • NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States

    … NZ with its ongoing response. Previously we have reported on OECD country data with NZ having the lowest mortality rate … key health outcomes for these jurisdictions and comment on the differences and potential lessons for NZ. Table 1: Key … reported case numbers for the US are likely to be major under-estimates. Eg, the true number of infected cases based …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: Perspectives from young people

    … the sale of smoked tobacco products to anyone born on or after a specified date, which is proposed as 01 January … policy that does not allow tobacco sales to anyone aged under 21. 5 However, the T21 policy is not a full solution as … Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, Ell Lee is a medical student, University of Otago, Wellington. Funding: …
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  • Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?

    … free) Aotearoa. 4   Since the 1980s, Aotearoa’s   action on tobacco control had involved a mix of mostly … had done so relatively slowly and with insufficient impact on smoking inequities, 5 particularly for Māori. Nonetheless, … government led to a pivotal Māori Affairs Select Committee report. 7 The Government’s response to the report in 2011 …
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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … This year’s World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) focusses on the tobacco industry’s continued targeting of young … addiction to nicotine will help ensure the industry’s on-going profitability. World Smokefree Day’s social media … with zeal, with deception, with a single-minded focus on their financial success, and without regard for the human …
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  • Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales

    … and the grim situation holds a number of lessons for NZ. On 15 June 2021, a 60-year-old airport limo driver who was … tested positive for COVID-19 and was confirmed as a case on 16 June with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing ( 1, … the new outbreak, the NSW Government made masks mandatory on public transport on 18 June ( 5 ). The public was also …
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  • Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?

    … Options include ongoing tobacco tax rises, a sinking lid on tobacco imports, denicotinisation of tobacco products, … suggests tobacco outlet reduction is far from a panacea – under the assumptions we used. Therefore, outlet reduction … this approach to model the future prevalence of smoking under a range of outlet reduction scenarios in NZ, including: …
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  • Faster mortality decline – slower population ageing. How could this be?

    … social services, etc. Have you then asked yourself “Hang on a minute, if people are living longer are they not also healthier?”. Or even “Why on earth do government agencies and some academics keep … old age starts earlier. For instance, in its World Ageing Report , the United Nations treats 60 years as the beginning …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … a device they would like to use by scanning a QR code on the e-scooter they wish to ride. In New Zealand, users pay … and environmental outcomes. The 2018 Lime end of year report provides only limited data on Auckland but states that … riders and non-riders; of these, 27 (10.8%) were aged under 18, despite e-scooter companies requiring riders to be …
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  • Not all upcycled food is created equal: What is sustainable?

    … environmentally friendly and cost-effective, depending on the type of food, the methods used, and what ingredients … there may also be unintended negative consequences on food security from the upcycled food industry. To ensure … product. Whether there is a lower carbon footprint depends on the surplus food or by-product being upcycled, the waste …
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