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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … 14-15. The survey provides important information on vaping and smoking among an age group where dependence on nicotine … policies ranging from plain packaging to smoke-free cars,[1, 2] and provided key information on smoking and related … nicotine. ASH has not yet released data on regular smoking or regular vaping (“regular” as defined by the Snapshot …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal

    … on August 2. This blog describes the Plan’s key features and the rationale for the proposed measures. Smokefree … which first put forward the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal (1). The Plan aims to reduce smoking prevalence by motivating, … from initiating smoking, and encouraging smokers who can’t or don’t wish to stop using nicotine-containing products to …
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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … submissions on the long-awaited Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) … products (which we refer to as ‘next generation products’ or NGPs throughout this blog) recognises the need to achieve … their new nicotine products to investors and analysts.[1,2]  The content illustrates how BAT, at least, sees NGPs as …
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  • Beautiful benchtops: How should we protect our workers?

    … crystalline silica (RCS) occurs when workers cut, shape or polish rock, including the popular benchtop material … leads to silica-related health issues in stonemasons and construction workers. Applying Australian data, 250 of … of first exposure, more likely with engineered stone. 1 The true burden of silicosis in New Zealanders exposed to …
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  • The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: response to online critique

    … in the study due to developments with the Action Plan and associated legislation before Parliament, we published … was published in a peer-reviewed journal in January 2022. 1 The A/NZ Ministry of Health commissioned a more … compared to people given regular strength cigarettes, or (iv) “cheat” and purchase regular strength nicotine …
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  • Progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Congratulations to the Government

    … the nicotine in tobacco products to very low levels; and restricting the legal sale of tobacco products to people … permitting these products to be sold in specialised stores or pharmacies; substantially decreasing the addictiveness of … extending the discussion set out in another recent blog . 1. Reducing retail availability: “Restrict sales of smoked …
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  • Improving ventilation in schools: a key protection against Covid-19 outbreaks and an enduring legacy for healthier learning

    … children are returning to in-person learning with little or no protection against the potential spread of Covid-19 … as easy as opening windows, but ultimately new standards and improved resourcing are required. Ventilation is a … Covid-19 outbreaks with high proportions of child cases, 1 2 leading to large numbers of child hospitalisations, …
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  • Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?

    … blog we discuss some of the key findings of this research and what the options are for NZ society to address the … pattern of ethnic inequalities in cancer in New Zealand. 1 For every 100,000 people who identified as Māori, from … steady falls in mortality for European/Other, and stasis or even increases (e.g. Māori females) in Māori and Pacific …
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  • Health-related food taxes and subsidies: A critique of opposition arguments

    … Health-related food taxes and subsidies are a hot topic internationally. Emerging … in publications that modelled food taxes/subsidies (1) and a study of 8 salt reduction interventions that … and suggesting they would be ineffective, “nanny-state”, or detrimental to NZ’s food industry and economy. …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … will help reduce traffic density, thus bringing health and environmental benefits, while critics suggest they risk … where consumers make private assets, such as rooms or transport, available to others has grown rapidly with … e-scooter they wish to ride. In New Zealand, users pay $1 to hire the e-scooter and 30 cents a minute, or around $18 …
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