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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 2008 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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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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Australian Capital Territory,
NSW, Victoria, WA,
Tasmania
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2010-2013
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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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