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7 July 2010
Smokers want cigarettes out of sight
68% of NZ
Smokers surveyed in 2008-9 want tobacco displays banned.
Over 70% of
Asian, Pacific and Maori smokers want the displays banned. See the survey
results at
http://www.sfc.org.nz/documents/NZMJSupportforPOSbanJune2010.pdf
8 May, 2010
End Smoking NZ asks Ministry of Health to ban
retail tobacco display bans
To prevent
over-regulation End Smoking NZ recommends confining the ban to smoking tobacco
products only, and excluding nasal snuff and electronic cigarettes. For
the rationale, see
displaybanSubmission.pdf
29 September
2008 Parliament’s Health Committee recommends a ban
Parliament’s Health Select Committee by majority
vote recommends to Parliament that cigarettes and tobacco products be put
out of sight. Four National Party MPs (including two medical
practitioners) opposed the Committee’s recommendation.
http://www.endsmoking.org.nz/TobDisplays_HealthComm.pdf The basis of National’s
dissenting opinion, on the grounds of insufficient international
evidence, means they might support it if the evidence increased.
This recommendation required legislation, which
Government did not have sufficient time to pass in 2008. Meantime, the
graphic health warnings, introduced in 2007 will be on open display for a
few years yet.
Conclusion
- A
Select Committee recommendation usually results in a law change
within a few years.
- Point-of-sale
displays make first purchases easier, and trigger unpremeditated
repeat sales, and will likely facilitate relapse.
- Cigarette
display bans will assist in reducing cigarette sales and cigarette
smoking prevalence.
- A
ban on cigarette packet displays is a step towards ending all sales
of cigarettes.
- Ending
all sales of cigarettes and smoking tobacco will drastically reduce
the numbers who smoke.
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All states of Australia are
banning tobacco displays.
May 31, 2010. ASH Australia
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Jurisdiction, as of 21 Oct 2009
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With effect from
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Australian Capital
Territory
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All shops end-2009,
Tobacconists
End-2010
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New South Wales
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All shops 2010*
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Northern Territory
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Jan 2011
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South Australia
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Jan 2012
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Tasmania
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Feb 2011*
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Victoria
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Jan 2011
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Western Australia
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Sep 2010
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*tobacconists not banned yet.
Tobacco display
ban laws passed:
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Jurisdiction, as of 21 Oct 2009
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With effect from
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Iceland
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2001
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Canada, all of:
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2002-2010
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Thailand
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2005
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British Virgin Islands
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2007
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Ireland
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2009
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England Wales and Northern Ireland
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2010-2011
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Scotland
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In progress
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Sweden
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In progress
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