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14 May 2010 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: www.endsmoking.org.nz/News2009
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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:
www.endsmoking.org.nz/News2009
Policy
paper published www.endsmoking.org.nz/FourPolicies14May2010.pdf
Submissions to Tobacco Inquiry
Cigarette sales in supermarkets News
2010.mht
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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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