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  • #JUULGATE Nicotine industry documents highlight the need for greater transparency in public health policy

    … Summary A  cache of thousands of documents released following lawsuits against American … tobacco industry at that time. Furthermore, given policy development often occurs over a long period, relationships …
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  • Happiness surveys, & can health sector interventions improve well-being?

    … among the happiest people in the world, ranking 13 th out of 156 nations examined. Actually only seven countries appear … economist, and it is published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. There has also been a growing …
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  • Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ?

    … cancer incidence and mortality in New Zealand.   The rate of new cases of stomach cancer presenting each year have declined over … 1981-2011 (2,3) ( Data explorer ) Stomach cancer is one of the greatest contributors to ethnic inequalities in …
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  • Public health and Budget 2024

    … within limited funding and increase public understanding of the value of long-term health investments. Despite the tougher … There is no easy way for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to make a claim on future avoided health costs …
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  • Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks

    … respects a likely scenario given the high infectiousness of this variant and the emerging evidence that vaccines may … Delta transmission compared with the original strain of the pandemic virus. In this blog we discuss public health … also a need to strengthen border control measures.  Some of these past recommendations have been used in the current …
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  • Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?

    … discuss the proposed regulatory changes and explain some of the complex practices smokers must adopt when commencing vaping. We suggest limiting supply of nicotine e-cigarettes to specialist vape stores and … can obtain expert advice and thus maximise their chances of quitting. We also argue that, at the same time as …
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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    … To help explain the concept of ‘herd immunity’, The Guardian Newspaper has produced a clever online simulator of measles spread. We comment on why this simulator is … and how it also demonstrates chance effects in the spread of infectious diseases. Then we take the opportunity to …
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  • Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations

    … passed legislation that extends existing regulation of tobacco and herbal smoking products to vaping products (or … how these are marketed.  In this blog, we summarise some of the Act’s key provisions before exploring how the … 3A (d) includes among the Act’s overall purposes a goal of supporting smokers and encouraging switching from smoking …
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  • Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis

    … Dr Stefanie Vandevijvere, Professor Boyd Swinburn A panel of 71 independent and government experts have undertaken an evaluation of New Zealand Government food environment policies, compared … panels on packaged foods transparency in policy development processes providing access to information for the …
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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … individuals need support to change. Rapid evolution of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) offers ever more kinds of support, including innovative internet and smartphone … through them. In our recent publication with a group of medical students (last week’s NZ Medical Journal [5]) we …
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