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29 Jan 2010 Submissions due at Maori Affairs
Select Committee Inquiry into Tobacco Industry.
24 Sept 09 Hone Harawira MP of Maori Party calls for ban on
sale of tobacco by 2020; Maori Affairs Select Committee agrees to an
inquiry into tobacco industry and possible remedies.
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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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2009-2020
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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Make cigarettes less addictive
with less sweeteners
for children
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Sell more satisfying cigarette
alternatives.
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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.
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2009 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 will
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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