Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 30, 2016 17:52:59 GMT 12
HEALTH PROF: TOBACCO TAX RISE RACIST
New Zealand's leading Maori tobacco researcher says further tax increases on smokers have become a racist policy that is discriminating against Maori, mental health patients and others.
She said Maori, and especially Maori women, had the highest smoking rates "because of the cumulative stress of the environment"……
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New Zealand's leading Maori tobacco researcher says further tax increases on smokers have become a racist policy that is discriminating against Maori, mental health patients and others.
She said Maori, and especially Maori women, had the highest smoking rates "because of the cumulative stress of the environment"……
m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11647467