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18 Feb. 2010 End Smoking NZ submission
to Maori Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into Tobacco Industry. Read…
News2010.htm
24 Sept 09 Hone Harawira MP of Maori Party calls for ban on
sale of tobacco by 2020.
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1990: Banning tobacco advertising was considered
impossible.
We did it anyway.
2003: Banning smoking in bars was considered
impossible.
We did it anyway.
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2009: Phasing out cigarette sales is considered
impossible.
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What
is impossible now will become feasible as smoking decreases.
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Let’s
do it anyway.
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New
youth smokers in 2006
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16 200
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Cigarette
deaths, annual
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5 000
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Cigarette.
deaths 1955-05
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172
000
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Adults
smoking 2006
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656
000
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Cigarettes
sold, 2008
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4.2
bln
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Cigarettes
sold/adult 2008
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1 269*
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Change
in cigarettes sold/adult 2003-2008
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Zero*
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Change in
exsmokers % 1996-06
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Zero*
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*No
improvement 2003 to 2008
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2010-2020
How
will this be done? Gradually and steadily: 5%
changes every 6 to 12 months are needed to
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Increase cigarette
prices and RYO prices
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Reduce supply of
cigarettes
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Reduce nicotine per
cigarette (Make cigarettes less addictive
with less sweeteners
for children)
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Sell more satisfying
cigarette alternatives for smokers..
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In 2009:
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Name change from Smokeless
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Registered as a
charitable trust
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Applied for research
funds to study electronic
cigarettes in 2010 to funding agencies – to
give retailers something safer to sell in place of cigarettes.
In 2010:
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Policy paper to be published.
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2010 goals:
End display of
cigarettes at retail.
Increase
the price of RYO tobacco.
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Is a sales ban feasible? Not now, but by 2020,
yes.
See Phase-out
issues, blackmarkets.
Smokers who wish to grow and
smoke their own can do so.
Import and on-selling
would be unlawful.
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We
owe it to our children and grandchildren, to create a healthier New Zealand where tobacco cigarettes are no longer
sold.
Ending cigarette sales will help promote a clean green New Zealand
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