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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … and sustained use, 16-18 and more intensive use. 17 19 Recent reviews examining preferences for ENDS found … vape retailers. As of 29 July 2021, the Ministry of Health’s list of specialist vape stores included more than … ready access to diverse flavours will remain.   Source: Health Central NZ …
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  • Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?

    … research possibilities of this tool of relevance to public health. Using Google Street View (GSV) for research is … social and built environments as they relate to public health. Authors:  Prof Nick Wilson Dr Amber Pearson Amanda …
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  • Aotearoa’s government-funded school lunches failing nutrition standards

    … School of Sport, Exercise, and Nutrition, College of Health, Massey University | Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa  Prof … Swinburn , Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health, University of Auckland and Research Professor, EIT/Te … items also have the percentage of an ingredient (e.g. beef 19%, onion 2.3%) while others list only the main ingredients …
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  • Smart party pill law makes tobacco & alcohol regulation look pathetic

    … public. However, its real importance may not be the modest health gains that result from controlling the availability of … hazardous products with a much greater impact on public health. Consider this new law in more detail. A key principle …
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  • Tobacco product innovation in a smokefree world. Oxymoron or commercial cynicism?

    … endgame goals and appears to create opportunities for health researchers and smokefree advocates to work … and super-value prices levels ($26.40; $24.20; $22.00; $19.80). Because susceptible non-smokers typically access …
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  • Climate change and cherry blossom

    … Alistair was Convening Lead Author of Chapter 11 (Human Health) in the 5 th IPCC Assessment Report. A commentary on … are moderated by other factors (living conditions and health care, for instance). AR5 drew on studies that modelled for the first time the potential health consequences of changes in climate alongside projected …
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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … from Monsanto; and 5) the EPA ignored the Ministry of Health which notified the Authority it could not support the … of interest; 2) the implications of the Ministry of Health’s lack of confidence in EPA’s processes – see page 181 … t’Mannetje - Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR). Dr Dave McLean - Senior Research …
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  • Market deregulation → ↑ fast food consumption → ↑ obesity. Clever international study that includes NZ data

    … A clever study just published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization has analyzed how changes in fast food … impact of chronic disease burdens on the tax-payer funded health system. So what are some of the intervention options … most notably a tax on sugary drinks (see other Public Health Expert blog posts). Some will view these measures as …
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  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence

    … and increasing quitting [1]. To ensure life-saving public health policies achieve their intended goal, illicit tobacco … (p.10). These comments imply associations between public health measures and illicit trade, yet, globally, tobacco … JH, RE and NW are members of the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago Wellington. All authors …
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  • A fat week – debates about saturated fat that will not go away

    … that diet and the association of saturated fat with health is not complex, not nuanced, and does not vary over … disease and stroke.  But the effect of saturated fat on health will vary by things like: the ratio of polyunsaturated … we generally thought increasing HDL caused better heart health, and justified our drinking of a little alcohol each …
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