The Health Select Committee is welcoming submissions for the Smokefree Environments (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Amendment bill. The key objectives of the new legislation are to:
- reduce the appeal of tobacco products and smoking, particularly for young people,
- further reduce any wider social acceptance and approval of smoking and tobacco products
- increase the noticeability and effectiveness of mandated health warning messages and images; and
- reduce the likelihood that consumers might acquire false perceptions about the harms caused by tobacco projects.
The Smokefree Coalition, (of which NZNO is a member) has produced a plain pack submission and media toolkit (see link below) to assist those members who wish to submit an individual response, with ensuring clear and consistent messages are maintained.
http://www.sfc.org.nz/pubsresources.php
Feedback Due: For those members who wish to provide comments for NZNO submission please send to Leanne Manson, Policy Analyst Māori leannem@nzno.org.nz, or 4946389 or via MSC 0800 283848, by 14 March 2014.