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Tupeka Kore Aotearoa 2020 Free from tobacco

Tupeka Kore Aotearoa 2020 Free from tobacco. Robert Beaglehole. Story line: tobacco control. A personal and a public health issue The impact of the tobacco industry The Vision is achievable Our task The global context – tobacco, other issues. The impact of the tobacco industry.

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Tupeka Kore Aotearoa 2020 Free from tobacco

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  1. Tupeka Kore Aotearoa 2020 Free from tobacco Robert Beaglehole

  2. Story line: tobacco control • A personal and a public health issue • The impact of the tobacco industry • The Vision is achievable • Our task • The global context – tobacco, other issues

  3. The impact of the tobacco industry • 200,000 deaths caused by tobacco since 1945; 75% middle-aged men; • $2 billion health-care costs 2009; • Currently 600,000 smokers • 300,000 will die from tobacco; • 80% want to stop; • 250,000 deaths can be prevented

  4. Free from tobacco by 2020 (Goal: under 5%)

  5. Protect children: priorities • Tobacco retail displays banned - 2010 • Plain packaging and graphic warnings – 2012 • License and limit retailers - 2011 • Extend smokefree places - ongoing

  6. Reduce supply and demand: priorities • Tax increases – annually • Full equalisation - annually • Ban duty-free sales – 2012 • Control supply and nicotine – from 2013

  7. Increase successful quitting: priorities (esp. Māori) • Increase range and availability of quitting options - ongoing • Increase engagement of health sector-ongoing • Expand and meet health care targets - ongoing

  8. Support current initiatives Hon Min. Tariana Turia - response to consultation MāoriAffairs Select Committee report Encourage a strong long-term Government response by mobilising all partners

  9. Inquiry into the tobacco industry in Aotearoa and the consequences of • tobacco use for Māori • Report of the Māori Affairs Committee • Forty-ninth Parliament • (Hon Tau Henare, Chairperson) • November 2010 • Presented to the House of Representatives • A major step forward - focus on: • Price (“Tax is the #1 deterrent … we will keep doing that.” John Key, PM • Promotion • Cessation • Supply and nicotine

  10. Our task: support current initiatives Encourage strong Government response Mobilise all partners, old and new Keep focussed on key priorities Press for legislated 2025 goal – free from tobacco

  11. Global impact of tobacco industry Killed 100 million last century Will kill 1 billion this century

  12. In force since 2005; 169 countries ratified But only 10% of world’s population effectively covered by FCTC interventions WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

  13. New Zealand and then the world 2050

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