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Charting our way back to normal
… Pandemic Trade-offs, allows people to weigh the costs and benefits of different policy responses as Australia rolls out vaccines … to outbreaks (later to lockdown, earlier out, rely more on contact tracing – but still trying to eliminate) Tight …
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A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco
… (1). Existing measures have tackled different facets of tobacco marketing, with plain packaging reducing a potent form of tobacco marketing and excise tax increases making smoking less affordable. … despite efforts to reduce differences in the excise tax on RYO tobacco and tailor made (TM) cigarettes (2). Many New …
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Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death
… This blog aims to discuss a study we recently published on NZ health system cost estimates by sex, age and proximity to death. Such work is only possible due to extraordinary richness of routine NZ data. We highlight four findings. First, costs …
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Can earthquakes be good for public health?
… historically had a terrible impact on human populations – and the shocking damage to Christchurch and its citizens in 2011 is still very much in the minds of New Zealanders. But living in shaky Wellington, makes one … try to use stairs, especially for just one or two stories. This would also help address the country’s obesity …
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Media release: What can we do to reduce the number of babies dying before, during or soon after birth?
… There were more than 700 fetal and neonatal deaths in 2021, that’s a rate of 11.2 per 1000 births according to the Perinatal and … prevention, optimisation and preparation in the management of preterm birth would lower neonatal and perinatal …
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The 5000 annual deaths caused by smoking also matter
… Summary Every year we reflect on the tragic loss of life caused by road accidents yet pay … this narrative has arisen, explain why it is incorrect, and outline potential responses. Despite declines in New …
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Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle
… threat posed by the Influenza A(H5N1) virus. This strain of what is commonly known as ‘bird flu’ has sparked concerns globally as it continues to adapt and infect new hosts, including recent cases in cattle. While … is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Studies on the Ecology of Influenza in Animals and Birds, based in …
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What the fizz! A week of dealing to sugary drinks in NY and NZ
… A curious week in the world of soft drinks. The surprising darling of public health action on soft drinks, New York, suffered a set-back when the New … board had gone too far in stopping sales of non-diet soda and other sugar-laden beverages in containers bigger 470mL. …
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Continuing annual tobacco tax increases: New modelling of the likely impact
… On Thursday the NZ Government announced it would continue it’s programme of yearly 10% tobacco tax increases for the years 2017 to … smoking prevalence in 2020 will be 21.4% for Māori and to 8.9% for non-Māori – compared to a projected 22.7% and …
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Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?
… journal Tobacco Control , we examined the potential role of increasing tobacco tax for achieving an end to the tobacco … In this blog we discuss some of the modelling results and also the other policy options that could be explored. … et al ) to ensure it reflected the latest Census results on smoking. We then modelled annual increases in tobacco …
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