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  • Highly variable cost-effectiveness with disease characteristics and age: Herceptin as a Case Study

    … treatment drug itself. Breast cancer which is h uman e pidermal growth factor r eceptor- 2 positive (HER2+ for …
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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … ‘over-shifting’ or ‘under-shifting’ the tax increases, (i.e., increasing prices beyond the tax increase, or not … included new variants within established brand families (e.g., Rothmans Royals) ensured people who smoked could switch … makers to strengthen policies that will cue quitting (e.g., denicotinised tobacco and fewer retail outlets) and …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy

    … as US jurisdictions introducing T21 policies (i.e., that measures restricting tobacco sales to people aged 21 … 75% supported a SFG policy and 66% of young people (i.e., those affected by the policy), supported its … For example, 9.3% of Māori students reported regular (i.e., at least monthly) smoking in the 2021 Snapshot Survey …
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  • The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality

    … have enjoyed good improvements in cancer mortality (e.g. see recent PHE blog ), and strong improvements in cancer … cancer early, treatments are generally improving (e.g. for breast and colorectal cancers, but not so much lung … consumption, and making good use of ‘medical’ prevention (e.g HPV vaccination that prevents cervical and other …
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  • Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis

    … initiating systems-based approaches with communities (e.g. Healthy Families, Healthy Auckland Together) developing … to at least 10% of obesity/overweight health care costs (i.e. about $90 million per annum). 4. Regulate unhealthy food … media, including during children’s peak viewing times (e.g. up to 9pm) b. in non-broadcast media, including food …
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  • The strong case for mask requirements in public transportation and border control settings in NZ’s current COVID-19 pandemic context

    … in a previous blog post, the case for mass masking (i.e., wearing masks for source control as a population health … strategy in containing COVID-19 in a number of countries (e.g., Taiwan, Hong Kong – see below; and recent uptake in … even though there are still gaps in the evidence base (e.g. it is still not proven that N95 respirator masks are …
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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … In 2018, 1.8% of survey respondents reported using an e-cigarette on a daily basis; that proportion had risen to … features both heated tobacco products and vaping products (e.g., Veev)), illustrate aspirational, lifestyle marketing … The former outlets may sell only tobacco, menthol and mint e-liquid flavours, while specialist vape stores may sell the …
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  • Death rates dropping – it is a good time to be alive

    … ‘going up’. That may or may not be true for incidence (i.e. getting cancer in the first place). This varies … diabetes. Diabetes probably accounts for far more deaths (e.g. many IHD will be due to diabetes), so we have to treat … but also in recent years to improvements in treatment (e.g. helicopters to surgical technique). The sum of all this …
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  • Thoughts on NZ Adopting an Aussie Community Health Programme … and Forthcoming Nutrition Policy Events

    … a government and the state from its responsibilities (e.g. on welfare benefits), deflecting the blame and … levers at a national-level that probably matter most, e.g. regulating food marketing, proper nutrient labelling of … approach, and one that considers value for money (e.g., cost-effectiveness) relative to other options such as …
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  • A new review on dietary fats: Putting its findings in context

    … essentially repeats the findings of earlier reviews (i.e., by Skeaff and Miller in 2009 and by Siri-Tarino and … acids also have other beneficial or problematic aspects (e.g., the problem of mercury accumulation in some fish … fats, ideally with more omega-3 polyunsaturated fats (e.g., from fish, flax seed and nuts etc). Governments should …
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