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Website: Health Promotion Agency
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Last Publication Date: 1 Jun 2012
The material in this report is drawn from gambling-related questions included in the 2010 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS). With the exception of gambling participation data,…
Last Publication Date: 1 Apr 2012
This report presents data on young people’s attitudes towards smoking, in terms of the functions that smoking fulfils. It shows time trends using data from the…
Last Publication Date: 1 Mar 2012
This fact sheet provides a summary of differences in where people buy foods and drinks, how much they spend, and the influences on their shopping based…
In 2010, around one half (51%) of young current smokers wanted to stop smoking. Around two-thirds (67%) of young people who had smoked in the past…
Last Publication Date: 1 Feb 2012
This report provides a snapshot of people’s perceptions, and risk, of harm from casino gambling in New Zealand, from data collected in the 2010 Health and Lifestyles…
This review focuses on research that considers the role of alcohol in causing injury and the effectiveness of educational and environmental strategies in preventing alcohol-related injury.…
This fact sheet provides a summary of where people buy food and drinks, how much they spend, and what influences their shopping decisions. Findings are described…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jan 2012
Electronic gaming (‘pokie’) machines provide a continuous form of gambling, where winnings can be immediately reinvested. Playing pokie machines in non-casino gaming venues, such as pubs…
Recent substantial increases in the number of liquor outlets have been matched by an escalation in community concern about alcohol-related harm. This report presents the results…
This paper employs a spatial seemingly unrelated regression approach to investigate the crosssectional association between density of liquor outlets in Manukau City (as at 31 January…
