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  • Nitrate contamination in drinking water and adverse birth outcomes: emerging evidence is concerning for NZ

    … nitrate levels as low as 0.87 mg/L NO3-N (from here on simply mg/L) in drinking water to bowel cancer have raised … drinking water showed as many as 800,000 people could be on water supplies with nitrate above 1 mg/L. These nitrate … the year 2006 reported that “ingested nitrate or nitrite under conditions that result in endogenous nitrosation is …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … implications for public health. We draw extensively on an article examining tobacco industry transformation 1 … business through ‘Portfolio transformation’ that focuses on new non-combustible, ‘reduced risk’ tobacco and nicotine … data, and appraisal of the Tobacco Transformation Index report (noting the caveat that this index is wholly funded by …
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  • Establishing Long COVID services in Aotearoa NZ – what can we learn from overseas?

    … in everyday functioning. 2 Further up-to-date information on Long COVID (LC) can be read here . Internationally, the … LC assessment clinics alongside published NICE guidelines on managing the long-term effects of COVID-19. Several other … input and engagement are essential, not just within the medical system but across social and community services. This …
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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 nicotine-containing e-cigarettes … public health. The Ministry of Health is inviting comment on a proposal to allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be … (the lack of substantive response to the Law Commission Report on alcohol (9)). The problems with the Psychoactive …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … ). We report prevalences for smoking, e-cigarette (EC) use and … to determine trends, rather than putting too much emphasis on the findings from one year. In addition, confidence limits … smokers). This is a reduction in prevalence of just under 1% and around 20,000-25,000 people who smoke for these …
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  • Tackling housing instability for LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa

    … reports the findings and implications of a study focused on LGBTIQ+ people’s experiences of housing instability.  … inaccessible and unsafe. 2–4   This Briefing builds on research that was  the first in Aotearoa to look … are unclear; thus putting the onus on tenants to report non-compliance. 10,11 There is a low level of …
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  • Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study

    … We have just published a modelling study on exercise programmes in NZ to prevent falls in older … to have central government funding (with costs based on the established “Otago Exercise Programme”). We estimated … prevention interventions that also prevent falls in adults under the age of 65 years – since most of these people are …
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  • Expanding the Definition of Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Mindset Change to Help Achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa

    … drunk drivers (used in NZ), relatively lower tax rates on low-alcohol beverages (including NZ), and requiring … health benefits. In Aotearoa NZ, recent data reporting on smoking and vaping show rapid declines in smoking, 5 a … access to vaping products could reduce harms to health. 7 On the other hand, the marked increase in vaping amongst …
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  • The Smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not

    … both coalition agreements declare decisions will be “based on data and evidence”. Yet, one of the coalition government’s … which include their intention to make “ decisions …based on data and evidence ”. Yet one of their initial actions … demonstrate the coalition’s commitment to basing policy on evidence, this plan suggests they have eschewed robust, …
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  • Media release: Health vs profit: The growing influence of big business on NZ lawmaking

    …   A recent World Health Organization report on social determinants of health equity warns that … lobbying by the alcohol industry has stymied progress on reforms like stricter advertising and availability …
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