Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
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To estimate the proportion and numbers of cancers in Australia in 2010 attributable to infectious agents. ⋯ Opportunities for cancer prevention through infection control are considerable, even in a 'first world' nation like Australia.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Jun 2015
Estimating service demand for respite care among informal carers of people with psychological disabilities in Australia.
To estimate service demand (willingness to seek or use services) for respite care among informal, primary carers of people with a psychological disability and to describe their characteristics. ⋯ Increased coverage of respite services, more flexible service delivery models matched to carers' needs and better integration with other support services are indicated.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Apr 2015
Tobacco tax and the illicit trade in tobacco products in New Zealand.
To estimate the size of illegal tobacco trade and consumption and assess the impact of tobacco tax on the illicit tobacco market in New Zealand (NZ). ⋯ The results highlight a slight rise in small-scale tobacco smuggling through ports and mail centres. However, tobacco returns figures show that current tobacco tax policy has forced manufacturers to focus on the production of cheap legal tobacco products, directly competing with and undercutting the demand for illicit tobacco products. At the same time, locally grown illicit tobacco continues to remain a small, isolated problem and, with recent cuts in duty free tobacco allowance, it is expected that overall illicit tobacco will remain a very small proportion of total tobacco consumption in NZ.