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  • The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: response to online critique

    … of 85.9%, with a 95% uncertainty interval of 67.1% to 96.3%. This equates to a median 32% increase (with a 95% … base has been described in recent comprehensive reviews, 3 4 including reviews of impacts among priority populations. … (1) general governance, (2) tobacco control policies, and (3) trade and customs practices. Furthermore, the model …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … reliable methods for measuring sodium (averaging 3 to 7 twenty-four hour urinary excretions of sodium and … risk 0.75, 95% confidence interval 0.57 to 0.99, p=0.04) [3]. Similarly for low levels of sodium intake: “Spline curves … a spurious U-shape curve – possible, but unlikely. 3. “ Reverse causation cannot be completely ruled out” as the …
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  • Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame

    … rates among Māori may still be as high as 17% by 2025 (2, 3). It is likely that achieving the Smokefree 2025 goal will … under selected tobacco endgame strategies by ethnicity at 3% discounting (ranging from least to most effective) Tobacco … over the remaining lifetime of the NZ population (at 3% discounting) Another endgame strategy that would …
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  • More wastewater testing could guide optimal Covid-19 control on the path back to elimination

    … country, with this covering cities and towns with around 3.8 million New Zealanders (Prime Minister’s 1pm Briefing). … case out of populations ranging from 29,000 to 290,000. 3 As such, wastewater can allow “for early detection of … at three different scales (lot, suburb, and city).” 3 Another particular advantage of wastewater testing is in …
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  • Bowel cancer screening – An interesting new US study and thoughts about the NZ situation

    … somewhat less so. Indeed, in our Research Programme ( BODE 3 ) we have nearly got final results on “quality-adjusted … ADR.   Quintile of adenoma detection rate:   1 – low 2 3 4 5 – high Net costs in $US millions, discounted at 3% p.a. (per 1000 patients) $2.1 $2.0 $1.9 $1.9 $1.8 …
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  • Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better

    … effects or any other medicine/vaccine-related problem. 3 Today, there are a range of methods for tracking vaccine … clearer picture of the safety of medicines (see Appendix 3 on the use of international collaboration for … and pericarditis with an overall attributable risk around 3 additional cases per million doses. The benefits of the …
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  • Improving NZ Government communication about COVID-19: Five suggestions

    … successful “suppression” strategy against the pandemic. 3 4 Furthermore, the communication by leaders such as Prime … transmission mechanisms and effective outbreak control. 3. Strive harder to “be right” around all informational …
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  • Vaping very likely to be improving health in NZ – but how does this compare with other options?

    … system from a reduction in tobacco-related diseases of NZ$3.4 billion [b] (2011$) (95% range: NZ$370 million to … [2], or a national colorectal cancer screening programme [3] (see Fig 1, showing quality-adjusted life-years [QALYs] … but all results in the league table use a 3% discount rate). Taking uncertainty into account There is …
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  • Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa

    … – 40% more than the World Health Organization recommends 3, 4 .  Further, unlike more than 75 other countries in the … based around a purpose-built SALTS smartphone app (Figure 3). The app included procedures for people to give their … reminders directly to participants’ smartphones. Figure 3: SALTS Study Smartphone Application LESSONS LEARNED We …
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  • A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco

    … around half to two-thirds the size of TM cigarettes (3,4). RYO use is higher among younger demographics, … (42%) or in conjunction with TM cigarettes (20%) (3). Among 25-45 year olds, RYO use (exclusive and with TM … RYO tobacco than smokers who experience less deprivation (3). Furthermore, New Zealand RYO smokers are also more likely …
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