What are these 'appealing Labour policies'?
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Appealing I.e reversing. Like court of appeals., perhaps repeal was the correct term.
And believe it or not I am in favour of some of those appeals.
Well there goes concentrating on the constructive.
The question if you read again was about the new Government's policies not Labour's policies & not the repeal of existing policy but new policies from the new Government.
Gawd you have to really help the blinkered along...
I will add one for a starter for 10.
The reduction of government expenditure on bureaucrats and consultants. I applaud that if it's done in the right areas.
I didn't say it have anything to do with the court of appeals. I was merely differentiating the same word. I.e appealing as in its liked
& appealing to apply to reverse.
But anyway it's semantics.
What are the new policies in the 100 day plan that people think will make a real difference to every day New Zealanders?
Crikey is it so hard to be positive about the coalition you all voted for?
You can't tell a Public Health expert or Health professional that reducing the level of the extremely addictive nicotine in cigarettes to below a level where addiction occurs (which would happen under Smokefree2025 ) is bad law.
This coalition govt is going to prevent the highly addictive component (as addictive as opioids or heroin) being removed from tobacco.
Think about it, its despicable, dystopian.
Half of long term smokers die, 13 Kiwis die every day from smoking related causes, 5,000 people die every year.
Most smokers are desperate to quit.
Do the math.
In order to get $1 billion in excise tax from the sale of tobacco, this govt needs smokers to buy $1.428 billion worth of tobacco, so its going to keep the nicotine levels high, keep the population of smokers addicted.
If the nicotine is just about eliminated as under Smokefree 2025, the addiction is gone, smokers are going to quit & they won't get their $1 billion in revenue.
Luxon was in the deodorant & airline business, he's not a Public Health or Public Policy expert.
Does it matter where the 16 outlets are in Northland?
But there wouldn't be much demand for cigarettes under Smokefree 2025 anyway, without the nicotine hit, you might as well roll up a bundle of dry leaves, light them and inhale that.