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BAN CIGARETTE DISPLAYS 
Key opportunity to contribute to tobacco control policy development in New Zealand
The Ministry of Health released a consultation document on the future of tobacco displays on December 3rd (Submissions due February 15th). The document outlines three options for tackling this ongoing marketing practice.
The Cancer Society and ASH regard a complete ban on the retail display of tobacco products and associated imagery as the only acceptable option. It is the only option to protect children and support smokers to quit smoking.
We would like to ask you to support this important policy initiative by making a submission yourself.
Consultation Document:
Youth Consultation Document:
Breathe the difference! Taste the difference! Smell the difference!
Tobacco is responsible for around 4,700 deaths in New Zealand each year and contributes to one in four of all cancer deaths. By the year 2030 tobacco will be responsible for10 million deaths worldwide - that's more than HIV, tuberculosis, traffic accidents, suicide and homicide combined.
Smoking also causes cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus, pancreas and kidney, chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma, glue ear, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and blindness.
Smokers inhale more than 4000 chemicals including acetone (paint stripper), ammonia (toilet cleaner), cyanide (rat killer), DDT (insecticide) and carbon monoxide (car exhaust fumes).
Second-hand smoke causes around 350 deaths each year and is the leading environmental cause of death in New Zealand.
For information on second-hand smoke hazards; protecting your child from smoking harm, and more, click here to look at Tobacco Control Fact Sheets
To find out more, check out http://www.secondhandsmoke.co.nz
Take a look at the following information:
Lung cancer and smoking
Health effects of smoking
Smoking and Maori
Tobacco Statistics
Dangers of cigar smoking
What Smoking costs
We also recommend you take a look at other useful Tobacco Control websites:
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