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New Zealand's world-first smokefree legislation 'goes up in smoke': a setback in ending the tobacco epidemic (www.sciencedirect.com)
submitted 4 months ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/publichealth@mander.xyz
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Highlights

  • Aotearoa New Zealand formerly enacted revolutionary tobacco control measures
  • Reforms included introducing a generational ban on tobacco products
  • To achieve an equitable smokefree future, Māori leadership and partnership were critical in implementing effective tobacco control measures
  • The planned smokefree reform was repealed by the sixth National-led coalition government
  • Economic concerns, autonomy, and potential illicit tobacco trade were key justifications for the repeal
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[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Just like it’s your choice to pay more taxes to support a healthcare system coping with a society full of downtrodden sickly nicotine addicted smokers.

We have decided that you cant own an automatic weapon because the risk to yourself and cost to society is too great. By the same logic we should ban smoking, whose cost to society, in practice, is far far greater.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

So you're saying we should regulate sugar and alcohol next, yeah? I'm on board.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

alcohol and sugar are already regulated to various degrees. you need to be a certain age for alcohol. you wont get served if you're shitfaced. The cost itself is often prohibitive. Some countries have sugary drink taxes, and/or don't allow them to be sold in school cafeterias

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

You're so right, we should double the drinking age and raise costs 1000%. And the sugar should have a 1000% tax.

Good thinking. this will prevent people who already make poor decisions because their brain isn't developed yet from consuming alcohol and making the problem worse. Drunk driving being a hobby is fucking disgraceful.
And sugar wont be is ALL of our food!

Win-win!

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