Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Thursday 9 December 2021

Banning Tobacco : an ECHO from New Zealand

 


 

And, that too, after 8 years , even as millions in India continue to die due to tobacco



Dear Mandaviyaji,

Better late than never !

 

Context :

New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations  /  BBC  /  10 Dec  2021

 

Extract :

 

Anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime, under a law expected to be enacted next year.

 

"We want to make sure young people never start smoking," Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verall said.

 

The move is part of a sweeping crackdown on smoking announced by New Zealand's health ministry on Thursday.

 

Doctors and other health experts in the country have welcomed the "world-leading" reforms, which will reduce access to tobacco and restrict nicotine levels in cigarettes.

 

"It will help people quit or switch to less harmful products, and make it much less likely that young people get addicted to nicotine," said Prof Janet Hook from the University of Otago.

 

The crackdown has been met with mixed reactions.

 

"I reckon it's a good move, really," one man told Reuters news agency.

 

However, others have warned that the move may create a black market for tobacco - something the health ministry's official impact statement does acknowledge, noting "customs will need more resource to enforce border control".

 

New Zealand is determined to achieve a national goal of reducing its national smoking rate to 5% by 2025, with the aim of eventually eliminating it altogether.

 

At the moment, 13% of New Zealand's adults smoke, with the rate much higher among the indigenous Maori population, where it soars to almost a third. Maori also suffer a higher rate of disease and death.

 

New Zealand's health ministry says smoking causes one in four cancers and remains the leading cause of preventable death for its five million strong population.

 

The industry has been the target of legislators for more than a decade now.

 

As part of the crackdown announced on Thursday, the government also introduced major tobacco controls, including significantly restricting where cigarettes can be sold to remove them from supermarkets and corner stores.

 

The number of shops authorised to sell cigarettes will be drastically reduced to under 500 from about 8,000 now, officials say.

 

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Dear Shri Mandaviyaji,

 

Better late than never


To save 6 million premature deaths due to consumption of TOBACCO ( and tobacco related products ), I urge you to consider my following 8 YEAR old e-mail :

Ø  Going Up in Smoke ?................................ [ 18 Aug 2013 ]

 

Extract :


We must find a solution that , not only saves those 60 lakh but also continue to provide livelihood to 380 lakhs



That cannot be done in one - or even five - years , but it is entirely possible to solve this problem over, 20 years , as follows :



>   Thru appropriate legislation ,
phase out tobacco industry by 2033


>   Immediately stop expansion of existing units


>   Do not allow new units to come up


>   Place a recruitment freeze in tobacco industry - no fresh hiring at any level


>   No replacement for retiring employees , after 2018


>   Provide incentives to industry to redeploy capital / manpower in alternate

     industries - especially those  industries with large scope for creation of new

     jobs

    

>   Give generous tax-breaks to industry to remain profitable, even as they

     wind-up operations


>   Provide incentives to put up new-industry projects in less industrialized

     regions


>   Provide incentives for re-training existing workers in new skills in demand by

     others


>   Subsidize Voluntary Retirement Schemes of industry


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With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  10 Dec 2021

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How About Herbs that Heal ?.......................... [ 26 May 2017 ]

 

Thank You , Shri Sanjay Kumar ………………………….[ 26 April 2016 ]

 

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