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  • Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

    … tobacco control activities and implementation of a major new ‘endgame’ strategy (such as denicotinisation). This package, especially a new endgame strategy, faces political and implementation … (even at the 20% annual increase level (9)) – see Appendix A and this previous blog post . Similarly, a gradual …
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  • How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?

    … that can shed light on policy-relevant questions.  A half or more of Māori:European/Other inequalities in … in mortality between Māori and European/Other by a quarter. It is hard to think of another intervention that … causal association of exposure X with outcome Y?” – that a massive methodological push has been made internationally …
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  • A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes

    … process could be further advanced. In particular there is a need to: (i) improve future iterations of the public survey … (eg, the next one in February/March 2023); (ii) signal a move towards an integrated and comprehensive National Risks … reports can become politicised , so it is good to see that a public survey and feedback on the proposed theme of the …
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  • Local elections and public health: A critical connection

    … Local and regional councils in Aotearoa New Zealand play a vital but sometimes underappreciated role in supporting … Zealand (NZ) shape many aspects of daily life which have a direct bearing health and wellbeing. The Health Act 1956 … on 11 October. Local government plays an important, but often underappreciated, role in supporting the health and …
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  • Covid-19: A planetary disease

    … by new international law. What caused Covid? Covid-19 is a planetary disease and we humans are its cause: ‘The animals … global black market (estimated at around US $23 billion) after drugs, people, and arms smuggling, and hence a reason for the decline of many endangered species. Many of …
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  • Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream

    … pollution will get worse before it gets better and is a “legacy issue”. However, drawing together information on … have been possible for ECan to use bylaws and planning, in a way that protected or reduced pollution of communities’ … systems. 3 It has described nitrate pollution as a ‘legacy issue’. 4 However, publicly available information …
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  • Obesity at last on Government agenda, but will Healthy Families NZ be good enough ?

    … (HTV) which the Health Minister, Tony Ryall, visited on a recent trip to Australia. Although no details are … platform and, in health, the failure to address obesity is a biggie. Two out of three adults are overweight or obese … Healthy Eating, Healthy Action plan. So what is HTV? It is a state-wide, systems-oriented, long-term, …
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  • The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree

    … Aotearoa New Zealand has been a world leader in the smokefree arena and is doubling down on … smokers who want to quit (2). It can be viewed as either a cessation tool, providing an effective replacement nicotine delivery system, or as a harm reduction tool. This position is backed by evidence …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action

    … A new report reveals the troubling state of New Zealand’s … environments influence the food we buy and eat, so are a key intervention area for improving population nutrition … marketing in many different mediums, both before and after the code came into effect. An in-depth study of …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Protecting water sources and drinking water quality

    … drinking water sources. The urine of dairy cows is a primary source of nitrogen pollution of water. 4 It has … breaches of national drinking water standards for nitrate (a form of nitrogen) in water supplies for some communities. Additionally, in 2016, as a result of contaminated drinking water, the people of …
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