Heavy smoke environments add more capacity
The worst health consequences associated with smoking (e.g., cancer and heart disease) are linked to inhalation of tar and other chemicals produced by tobacco combustion
Sources: American Cancer Society
Individual-level data were sourced from the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), a large, whole-population research database managed and curated by Stats NZ
This is about taking back our community, and ensuring that they can live in a community that is thriving in terms of health, in terms of being able to walk down the street and to not see so many tobacco shops all around you, and to be able to live in a dignified community overall. The ordinance would also increase the penalties for selling tobacco to those under 21, from $200 to $500 for a first-time offense and from $400 to $1,000 for a second-time offense, and prohibit liquor stores from selling flavored tobacco products, including menthol