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  • Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?

    … strategy would probably help nudge the country towards the NZ Government’s smokefree goal. But our modelling also … but with age-group-specific price elasticities and with NZ data on the value of time (e.g., NZTA data indicating … of smoking under a range of outlet reduction scenarios in NZ, including: A law requiring the reduction in the total …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … is one of the major causes of health loss in Aotearoa NZ. It is now available at people's fingertips through online … of the regulatory reforms to alcohol legislation that the NZ Government could enact to address this risk to health and … community and wider society. 3-5 In 2022/23, 76% of NZ adults (>15 years of age) had drunk alcohol in the past …
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  • Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?

    … and perpetuates health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). This Briefing outlines the potential for LAPs to reduce … harms to individuals, whānau and communities, costing NZ an estimated $9.1 billion each year. 1 The harms are not … Rōpū Apārangi Waipiro, Health Coalition Aotearoa.  Dr Karen Wright , Senior Lecturer, Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, …
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  • The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?

    … political party commitment to a smokefree goal Since 2011, NZ governments have had an ‘aspirational’ goal to reduce … We found nothing in the current statements of seven of the NZ political parties’ (Labour, National, ACT, Greens, NZ First, Māori and TOP) with details of such a plan. Of the …
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  • A 100 years ago: The worst year of the First World War for New Zealand

    … been preventable with knowledge available at the time. NZ Troops near Passchendaele in the First World War The 5547 … mortality impact in a single day from any event in all of NZ’s recorded history). Medical (and military) advances Most … Deaths from disease There were 250 deaths from disease in NZ military personnel in 1917 (4.5% of the deaths) but the …
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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 … high proportions of Māori and Pacific peoples. Authors : Dr Andrea Teng Prof Tony Blakely Prof Michael Baker Prof …
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  • Media release: Treaty Principles Bill poses major risk to public health and equity

    … to law and public health experts. Te Wānanga o Raukawa’s  Dr Carwyn Jones and co-authors examine the  critical … the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a move that Dr Jones says will radically alter decades of established law … of self-determination to the authority of the Crown.” Dr Jones says by hollowing out the substance of Treaty …
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  • Government struggling with evidence: HTPs, addiction levels, and Smokefree 2025

    … denicotinisation, a measure supported by Health Minister Dr Shane Reti, and predicted to bring rapid declines in … increases in quitting. All three measures from the NZ Health Survey suggest smoking in Aotearoa is “softening” … policy as soon as possible. In 2022,  Health Minister, Dr Shane Reti ’s introduced a Supplementary Order paper to …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Taxes to protect health and reduce inequity

    … income tax reductions for low-income citizens of Aotearoa NZ are being proposed by two parties ( Te Pāti Māori and the … So given the upcoming general election in Aotearoa NZ it is timely to look at tax policies of our political … of Otago, Wellington, and Science Communication Lead, PHCC Dr John Kerr , Department of Public Health, University of …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … very least) Group 1 and 2A carcinogenic exposures across NZ workplaces is critical to inform efforts to reduce these … up an Aotearoa Occupational Health Service Author details Dr. Amanda Eng is a Senior Research Officer at the Research … who also works on research contracts funded by WorkSafe. Dr Eng was involved in an initial discussion about the …
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