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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … is ‘transforming’ and the possible implications for public health. We draw extensively on an article examining tobacco … that they are ‘transforming’ and now support public health goals, including reducing smoking prevalence. For … five years. Figure 3: Global and PMI cigarette sales 2012-19 with linear projection to 2025 (from Euromonitor retail …
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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … rates, most particularly amongst the target groups of Maori and Pasifika ”.  These arguments merit more discussion … and smoking prevalence, and could bring profound health benefits, 6 it is also important to consider the … strategy to rapidly reduce smoking prevalence. 19 For example, selling tobacco only at R18 specialist …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … argue they will help reduce traffic density, thus bringing health and environmental benefits, while critics suggest they … for injuries. In this blog, we consider the public health implications of Lime e-scooters, review how policy … pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, all important health, well-being, and environmental outcomes. The 2018 Lime …
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  • Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?

    … messaging and campaigns to prevent uptake; providing health promotion resources to communities; increasing retail … support (e.g. through brief interventions in primary health services) and supporting people to stay ‘smokefree’ … released the in the same week that sweeping cuts to public health staff were announced . In the absence of appropriate …
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  • NZ should prepare for a potentially severe global coronavirus pandemic

    … and institutional advantages in managing this major health and economic threat. Now is the time for maximum … and 49 deaths [6]). Following that pandemic, the World Health Organization met and concluded that the pandemic … thousand) means that it will have severe effects on global health. Strengths of the NZ response to date Firstly, NZ was …
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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … research and policy priorities? The Ministry of Health has a very user friendly tool for accessing Health Survey data , including for trends over time. Using … in NZ Survey; NNS = National Nutrition Survey; NZHS = NZ Health Survey) Previously we have collated trends in …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … support, including among people who smoke. The Ministry of Health’s analysis of submissions to the consultation on the … smokefree researchers and practitioners; and health care organisations. More negative responses were … prevalence, such as people experiencing poor mental health or with lower socio-economic status (SES ), are more …
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  • Advising men on prostate cancer screening – is the cart before the horse in terms of evidence?

    … to the current recommendations of the NZ Ministry of Health appointed “Prostate Cancer Taskforce” that men should … practitioner. To support this process, the Ministry of Health released a pamphlet for men and their families. This … [2]). This all comes at a considerable cost to the health system too – and questions of cost-effectiveness are …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … just published on optimising the design of bread for heart health. Using linear programming we found it possible to … commercially available breads in 15 countries from a heart health perspective, as well as being lower cost. Such bread designs could be promoted by health agencies and utilised in conjunction with a …
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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … systems (ENDS) and their potential contribution to public health. We then explore possible explanations for why reports … 30 days more than doubled in all age groups between 2017-19. 19 Hammond et al reported similar findings; they examined …
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