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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    …   . Figures 1,2 and 5 are reproduced from a recent report by ASH New Zealand, 1 figures 3, 6 and 7 are from a recent scholarly blog 2 and figure 8 is from a report published by the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation … smoking prevalence declined dramatically from 1999 to 2016 (daily smoking from 16% to 3% and regular smoking from …
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  • More than just a bad smell: Odour pollution and health in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … in NZ experiencing significant odour problems between 2016 and 2025. In a case study from 2014, 13 people had … located near odour-emitting facilities were found to report a higher number of health symptoms compared to … she said.” Waikato dump fire burning since August: Locals report health problems 2020 Bromley, Christchurch Unknown     …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project

    … and who participated in the ITC New Zealand project from 2016-2021. The blog documents attitudes towards smoking and … who smoke in the ITC NZ surveys the vast majority (82% W2) report regretting starting to smoke, and contrary to the … starting to smoke, acknowledge they are addicted, and report they are actively trying to quit. There is substantial …
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  • When the first barrier fails: Strengthening protection for drinking water sources

    … Waihao water supply on the path to the breach. A 2015 report, prepared for ECan, on land use and farming practice … Fan includes the Lower Waihao groundwater source. The report estimated that in 2014 land use generated an average … of the contamination of Havelock North’s drinking water in 2016, was notified of the breach. Beyond this, it is unclear …
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  • Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?

    … Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor recently released a report on  AI and healthcare , 1 which makes many specific … used in government departments 6 and a 2019 academic report into uses of AI by NZ Government departments . 7 These … deployment, while also continually ensuring the  Hauora Report 12 and the  Te Tiriti AI Principles are also applied.  …
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  • Seven decades of severe weather events in Aotearoa New Zealand: What are the human health impacts?

    … In this blog, we summarise our recent report that explores the health impacts from severe weather … homes temporarily due to hazards) [1, 5, 6]. In our recent report [7], we sought to explore patterns in severe weather … (eg, for cases of mild hypothermia). In our full report we present a sensitivity analysis of the NIWA …
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  • How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?

    … , and this blog ), UK plans , and a New Zealand Treasury Report . But in this blog, we focus on the questions of “how … consumption volumes (2017 data) and price per litre (2016 data) of relevant drink categories in the New Zealand … drinks: Option B $288 na $164 $47.5 Totals Estimated annual tax revenue (millions): Option A $52 $38 $9 $4 $103 …
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  • Should NZ spend relatively more health resources on improving men’s health?

    … has been produced by the Ministry of Health in a Major Report on health loss published last year. From the tabulated … male life expectancy (relative to females)? The Ministry Report detailed the higher injury burden among male youth … factors, the following were identified in the Ministry Report: “Alcohol-attributable injury burden is much greater …
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  • Three Waters reforms are needed to protect public health and ensure changes are economically sustainable and efficient

    … and 2)  economically unsustainable and inefficient.     In 2016, Havelock North’s water-related campylobacteriosis … Arowai, the new Crown water regulatory, released its first annual drinking water quality report in July 2022 which showed that in its first two months …
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  • Parliamentary voting for smokefree over two decades: Implications for future progress

    … when supporting a National-led Government in 2012 and 2016.  Commentary and some political implications for … Budget, the National-led Government announced a series of annual excise tax increases (by 10%, and covering the years …   In the 2012 Budget, an additional series of annual tobacco tax increases by 10% for the period 2013 to …
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