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1. The role of tobacco interests in making government policy
Bryce Edwards
- 💨 New Zealand has reduced taxes on heated tobacco products by 50%.
- 🚭 Minister Casey Costello claims the tax cut aims to help smokers switch from cigarettes.
- 📉 Critics, including RNZ's Guyon Espiner, question the effectiveness of this move.
- 📄 Ministry of Health advised against reducing taxes on heated tobacco products.
- 💼 Tobacco companies, like Philip Morris, lobbied for reduced taxes on heated tobacco products.
- 💰 Research suggests tobacco companies aim to increase sales through poly-usage of nicotine products.
- 🏥 Health experts and public health advocates criticize the tax reduction as benefiting tobacco companies over public health.
- 🌐 The World Health Organization recommends stringent regulation of heated tobacco products.
- 🚬 New Zealand's recent tobacco policy changes have sparked controversy and accusations of industry influence.
- 🤝 Connections between politicians and the tobacco industry raise concerns about influence over policy decisions.
