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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … World Smokefree Day is an apt day on which to propose some ideas that may greatly increase … in their likely adverse health effects and overall impact on population health. Reflecting this, the Ministry of Health … regulation of smoked tobacco products, as these are vastly under-regulated in relation to the harm they cause. …
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  • How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?

    … 1 January 2018 the UK will implement a tiered levy based on the sugar content of drinks on the beverage industry (more … , and this blog ), UK plans , and a New Zealand Treasury Report . But in this blog, we focus on the questions of “how … ($ per litre) 2 2.8 5.5 5   % category eligible for tax under Option A (>5g sugar/100ml) 81% 100% 83% 95%   % …
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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … Member’s Bill to end alcohol sponsorship of sport, acting on recommendations by three Government-commissioned bodies … need for the NZ Government to fulfil its responsibilities under Te Tiriti o Waitangi with regards to alcohol’s … sponsorship at sporting, community and other events that under 18-year-olds go to. 21 Supporting clubs away from …
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  • Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes

    … A possible tax on sweetened sugary beverages (SSBs, and in particular sugary … predictions, and then a recent Australian study on the topic. The bottom line is that such a tax would … sugar and satur The NZMA in its recent “Tackling Obesity” report calls for consideration of a SSB tax, and in 2011 …
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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … indicates potentially conflicting policy directions. On the one hand, excise tax increases continue to stimulate … involving tobacco, retailers who sell tobacco products report they have faced increasing crime, including violent … tobacco excise tax increases should continue, but only under specific conditions. First, close monitoring of the …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … an Aotearoa Occupational Health Service, with a focus on establishing lifetime access to screening and healthcare … opinion. The NZCS included either 44 or 54 agents (they report inconsistently) classified as IARC Group 1 or 2A. The … produce the final sample of 4,051. Māori and Pasifika are under-represented in comparison to their population numbers …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … It is now available at people's fingertips through online on-demand delivery – within two hours from ordering. This … enact to address this risk to health and wellbeing.    On-demand services online have been expanding globally, with … most harmful drugs in Aotearoa, with widespread impacts on the hauora of the individual, whānau, community and wider …
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  • Dropping the ball on measles? Aotearoa must close an ‘immunity gap’ to avoid a measles epidemic

    … we estimate at least 156,000 susceptible children aged under 17 years, of whom over 117,000 are aged under 12 … using digital tools. Author details Dr Oz Mansoor , Medical Officer of Health, Tairāwhiti (on sabbatical with … 0.10% 16.6% 40,592  1.99 5-12y 529,290  88.1% 3.9% 90.7% 500 0.09% 9.2% 48,570  1.10 13-17y 339,750  84.3% 5.5% 88.4% …
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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … high quality movies as part of public health teaching for medical students. In this blog post we detail the movies and reflect on some of the aspects that make them both educational and … been made freely available to students and staff from our medical school library (University of Otago, Wellington) and …
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  • The health impacts of the First World War for NZ: A Review

    … This blog summarises our just published article on the mortality and morbidity impacts of the First World War … infections estimated at 12,000 cases (albeit probably an under-estimate). Impact in NZ A summary of the health impacts … is unlikely to include minor wounds that did not require medical attention. Non-fatal illnesses Not fully quantified …
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