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Gisborne Tairawhiti League Goes Smokefree
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 10:54 am | Smokefree Coalition
Gisborne Tairawhiti Rugby League continues to look after the health of its players, supporters and officials as the Royale Cars Eastern Alliance Rugby League Competition kicks off on Saturday. The competition will be smokefree from this year and League ... More >>
Outdoor Pokies Cynical Profiteering
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 4:33 pm | Smokefree Coalition
Moving gaming machines into outside smoking areas at pubs is profiteering at its worst, and preying on people's addictions, according to Smokefree Coalition Director Mark Peck. More >>
Coalition Congratulates Life Education Trust
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 5:20 pm | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition is congratulating the Life Education Trust for its decision to no longer accept funding from British American Tobacco (BAT). The Trust, which provides health-based education in schools - including a module on the effects of ... More >>
Increase in Tobacco Tax Will Save Lives
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 11:02 am | Smokefree Coalition
You cannot ignore our stalled smoking rates any longer, the Smokefree Coalition told Parliament today. In his submission to the Budget Policy Statement, Director Mark Peck urged the Finance and Expenditure Committee to increase the price of tobacco ... More >>
Smoking Prevalence Falling Too Slowly
Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 2:51 pm | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition is calling for an urgent increase in tobacco tax to speed-up reductions in smoking prevalence in New Zealand. The Ministry of Health today released its annual Tobacco Trends publication, which showed smoking prevalence at 23.5 percent ... More >>
Health Spokesperson In BAT Box Ill Judged
Monday, 4 December 2006, 10:51 am | Smokefree Coalition
Smokefree Coalition Director Mark Peck is calling National Party associate health spokesperson Jonathan Coleman's presence in British American Tobacco's (BAT's) corporate box an unbelievable lapse in judgement. More >>
Tobacco Tax Hike Needed To Decrease Consumption
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 9:47 am | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition is calling for an urgent increase in tobacco tax to speed-up reductions in tobacco consumption in New Zealand. Figures from Statistics New Zealand show an increase for both loose and manufactured tobacco released for sale in the ... More >>
New Tobacco Health Warnings Only First Step
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 1:59 pm | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition is welcoming this morning's announcement by Associate Minister of Health Damien O'Connor that graphic warnings will appear on all cigarette packets from 2008, but says more needs to be done. "It's a good start," says Coalition Director ... More >>
Don't Smoke in Cars Urges Smokefree Coalition
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 2:37 pm | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition is urging smokers to consider the health of other passengers by not smoking in cars. The results of a Wellington study published this week in the international journal Tobacco Control by the University of Otago indicate that ... More >>
Smokefree Coalition Delighted At Industry Inquiry
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 11:22 am | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition is delighted that the Commerce Commission seems poised to begin investigating cigarette manufacturers in New Zealand. The Coalition lodged a complaint against British American Tobacco (BATNZ) under the Fair Trading Act 1986, ... More >>
Coalition Takes BAT To Commerce Commission
Thursday, 13 July 2006, 3:55 pm | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition has lodged a complaint about British American Tobacco New Zealand (BAT) with the Commerce Commission. The complaint, made under the Fair Trading Act 1986, alleges that BAT has made misleading statements about second-hand smoke, ... More >>
Public Encouraged To Dob In The Tobacco Industry
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 2:49 pm | Smokefree Coalition
Tobacco companies continually flout the law and deliberately deceive New Zealanders, and the Smokefree Coalition is encouraging the public to dob them in. More >>
Smokefree Coalition Website Launched
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 9:56 am | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition today launched its new website at www.sfc.org.nz . More >>
Smokefree Coalition Website Launched
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 11:23 am | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition today launched its new website at www.sfc.org.nz. Director Mark Peck said the new site is a natural progression for the Coalition. “It will become a vital tool in our work to spread the smokefree message, and encourage debate ... More >>
Quit for your kids on World Smokefree Day
Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 5:15 pm | Smokefree Coalition
This year’s smokefree wish is for parents and family to stop smoking in front of young people because children who see their parents smoking are more than twice as likely to become smokers later. More >>
Quit for your kids on World Smokefree Day
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 11:07 am | Smokefree Coalition
Health organisations are calling on smokers in the Lakes region to quit smoking for their kids as part of World Smokefree Day celebrations on 31 May 2006. They are Toi Te Ora Public Health, Cancer Society, Korowai Aroha, Te Whare Hauora O Ngongataha, ... More >>
How Many People Have To Die? - Smokefree Coalition
Friday, 19 May 2006, 9:08 am | Smokefree Coalition
Smokefree Coalition Director Mark Peck wonders how many people have to die before the Government increases tobacco tax. More >>
Groups Support Large, Picture Warnings on Tobacco
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 2:48 pm | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition and Public Health Association are welcoming a proposal to place large graphic images on cigarette packets. Smokefree Coalition Director Mark Peck says the consultation document released today by Associate Minister of Health ... More >>
Support for Introduction Of Picture Warnings
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 2:28 pm | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition and Public Health Association are welcoming a proposal to place large graphic images on cigarette packets. More >>
Disappointment As Pou Damages Case Fails
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 4:42 pm | Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) have expressed disappointment and surprise this afternoon after Justice Lang’s decision not to award compensatory damages to the family of Janice Pou. More >>
