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Doctors plead government for u-turn on smoking
Morning Report
English - December 13, 2023 19:23 - 3 minutes - 3.51 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Doctors and health workers are pleading for a government u-turn on smoking, saying its not too late for it to change its mind. The coalition's set to repeal anti-smoking legislation that cuts nicotine in cigarettes, slashes the number of tobacco retailers and bans anyone born after 2008 from ever buying cigarettes. Many of those at a protest rally in Auckland yesterday work in health and say they are still stunned and appalled by the plan. Rowan Quinn reports.