Should cigarette packs feature only health warnings on a plain package?
10:02 AM Friday Sep 4, 2009
A proposal to license tobacco retailers and turn cigarette packs into plain packages bearing only health warnings has found strong support.
In planning for the "end game" of widespread tobacco use, researchers canvassed public health physicians, policy officials in the Ministry of Health and other departments, and journalists.
Should cigarette packs feature only health warnings on a plain package? Here is latest selection of Your Views:
Yeah Yeah (North Shore) |
10:03AM Friday, 04 Sep 2009
And all the while. Booze is still okay, despite the fact that it is responsible for more problems in society. Talk about hypocrasy! Just ban both.and then ban casinos. Unfortunately, how many votes will be lost is the main criteria for change, not what is good for the voters!
Lucy in the Sky (Auckland Central) |
10:03AM Friday, 04 Sep 2009
The sooner we outlaw tobacco the sooner we can all buy cheap, untaxed tobacco from drug dealers, who are the true Kiwi battlers, out on a limb to support their community.
Nick Lee (New Zealand) |
10:03AM Friday, 04 Sep 2009
Most definitely, there should also be targets set to reduce cigarette sales including raising the age that younger people can purchase tobacco products.
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