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Media release: NZ failing to protect children from unhealthy food marketing – new WHO guidelines
… on many levels when measured up against new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines according to public health researchers. WHO released a new set of guidelines this … and NZ does neither of these things. In the latest Public Health Communication Centre Briefing - NZ falling behind on …
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More than 147km – the transformative potential of the Wellington bike network plan
… reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport, improve health through increased physical activity, reduce air … cycling means less greenhouse gas emissions and more health benefits. More people cycling also makes cycling safer … details: The authors are with the Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, NZ. Funding: Caroline …
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New Zealand can lead the world in tobacco control: Plain packaging 2.0
… impactful warning compared to a plain pack with a strong health warning. Evidence that this particular group was less … Initially introduced to increase smokers’ awareness of the health risks smoking causes, new evidence suggests health warnings lack salience for some smoker groups, …
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Do Aotearoa’s new vaping regulations go far enough?
… day (data were not reported by ethnicity). Analyses of NZ Health survey data show that current (at least monthly) use … uptake of a highly addictive product. 2 A Ministry of Health statement noted that Cabinet had approved measures to … in the last year. However, during the same period, the NZ Health Survey reported that 119,000 young people aged 15 to …
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Media release: Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Do we want them in NZ?
… and nicotine products in Aotearoa NZ. However public health researchers warn that the tobacco industry is … the products, their marketing and their risks to health in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre. Dr Jude Ball says companies …
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New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?
… in youth vaping, which accelerated rapidly from 2018/19 . Earlier this year, the Government strengthened … people who had not previously smoked. A recent Ministry of Health report pooling 2021 and 2022 NZHS data supports these … have on protecting young people. Implications for public health policy and practice Politicians from all parties …
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Strengthening tobacco policy: The case for best practice packaging and regulation
… transformed tobacco packages from marketing media to health promoting platforms and greatly reduced the appeal of … more effectively with people who smoke. Introduce health promoting inserts Participants found on-pack warnings … could succeed in becoming smokefree. 9 Canada has used health promoting inserts for many years, Australia is …
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Media release: Can we move to a low carbon, healthy transport system?
… country according to results of a survey by the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC). This is the third in our … pricing and shifting Aotearoa NZ to more sustainable and health promoting transport. Lead author Associate Professor … promising in terms of reducing emissions and improving health but still has gaps.” says Dr Shaw. The results of the …
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ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed
… Stronger collaboration with researchers, public health agencies, and government could enhance ACC’s role in … for prevention? How can ACC play a stronger public health role? Need to update injury prevention model to … ACC is not playing as strong a role as it could in public health promotion, it’s not heeding up-to-date best practice, …
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E-bikes are the new cars- why don’t transport policy makers treat them seriously?
… in this blog we outline what we know about the carbon and health impacts of e-bikes. Then we look at policy in this … system. Image supplied by author Are e-bikes good for your health? The evidence we have suggests, on balance, yes. A … much about the association between e-biking and specific health outcomes (e.g. all-cause mortality, cardiovascular …
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