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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 … pharmacies and vape shops. It also highlights the need for a very well-considered approach, given consecutive NZ … be licensed to sell e-cigarettes and e-liquids? Pharmacy-only sales Restricting e-cigarette sales to only community …
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  • Charting our way back to normal

    … tool, COVID-19 Pandemic Trade-offs, allows people to weigh the costs and benefits of different policy responses as … rolls out vaccines and considers opening borders. See here for an associated explanatory video. Article reproduced with … back to normal?” The honest answer is we do not know, and only time will tell. Moreover, we are privileged in …
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  • Debate on ultra-processed foods shouldn’t derail good dietary advice

    … are dominated by UPF.  Categorising foods according to the type and extent of processing can help us understand the … still be a component of a well-balanced dietary intake —for example, wholegrain bread. While acknowledging this … is useful, especially for the public. There is sound scientific evidence for both sides of this debate. This …
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    … This privacy policy relates to the website for the Public Health Communication Centre ( PHCC … and will retain your personal information until such time as you unsubscribe from our mailing list. Security of …
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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … Summary The Labour Party has released a factsheet outlining plans to … young people’s knowledge, holds them responsible for succumbing to highly addictive products that deliberately … pose fewer risks than smoking . However, physical harm is only one domain of wellbeing and vaping may affect many …
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  • Smart party pill law makes tobacco & alcohol regulation look pathetic

    … rules and processes. All but one MP voted for the new law. The irony is that tobacco – and for that … on August 1 st 2013 with overwhelming support of MPs (only John Banks, ACT, opposed it) and the general public. … election campaign. Over to you. … Smart party pill law makes tobacco & alcohol regulation look pathetic …
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  • Front-of-pack nutrition labels improve understanding but don’t improve healthy food choices; Starlight Trial just published

    … just published from our HRC-funded DIET Programme based at the University of Auckland. This is important evidence for policy. We had expected that these simple, visual front … is, whilst our research suggests the current HSR will have only a minor impact on the food consumption of New Zealanders …
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  • Progress toward Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 – how might tobacco retail restrictions contribute?

    … We have just published research on the health gains and cost-savings from various legally … on tobacco retail outlet locations and density – including for achieving tobacco endgame goals. Many studies in the … Reducing existing outlets by 95% Allowing sales at only 50% of current alcohol stores (since these have fairly …
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  • Health-related food taxes and subsidies: A critique of opposition arguments

    … the net health benefit of certain food taxes/subsidies. For example, if the price of sugary food goes up (due to a … but is far from sufficient on its own. Education alone only has very small effects on individual behaviour … Individual foods and nutrients are vilified with no scientific basis” Unhealthy dietary patterns are a major …
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  • Period Drama: How to Address Period Poverty in Aotearoa

    … Having periods can be bloody hard work, but for some people they p resent additional difficulties because … unseen problem. Period products are now available for free in schools in Aotearoa, but what more can be done?   What is … periods can present serious ongoing consequences when the prohibitive cost of products such as tampons or pads …
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