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
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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