Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 21, 2019 17:01:00 GMT 12
RESEARCHER SAYS BANNING SMOKING IN CARS DISCRIMINATORY TO MĀORI
On Wednesday, the Health Select Committee will hear submissions on the Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carry Children) Amendment Bill.
The Bill proposes banning smoking in vehicles carrying anyone under the age of 18 years old in an attempt to protect children from the harm associated with secondhand smoke. Vehicles parked on the road being used as a dwelling would be exempt from the ban.
However, tobacco control researcher Dr Marewa Glover, who intends to submit to the committee, believes the Bill is "discriminatory" and "will negatively impact the poor and Māori the most".
Dr Glover said Māori mothers are at the greatest risk of being fined under the legislation due to their disproportionately high smoking rate. She says 37 percent of Māori women smoke compared to only 12 percent of Pakeha women or 3 percent of Asian women.
"Māori are also over-represented among the most vulnerable families who have not been effectively reached by mainstream anti-smoking campaigns," she said in a statement on Wednesday morning.
"The inequity that exists between Māori and Pākehā is in part created and is maintained by discriminatory laws and Government policies – this is one of those laws."....
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On Wednesday, the Health Select Committee will hear submissions on the Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carry Children) Amendment Bill.
The Bill proposes banning smoking in vehicles carrying anyone under the age of 18 years old in an attempt to protect children from the harm associated with secondhand smoke. Vehicles parked on the road being used as a dwelling would be exempt from the ban.
However, tobacco control researcher Dr Marewa Glover, who intends to submit to the committee, believes the Bill is "discriminatory" and "will negatively impact the poor and Māori the most".
Dr Glover said Māori mothers are at the greatest risk of being fined under the legislation due to their disproportionately high smoking rate. She says 37 percent of Māori women smoke compared to only 12 percent of Pakeha women or 3 percent of Asian women.
"Māori are also over-represented among the most vulnerable families who have not been effectively reached by mainstream anti-smoking campaigns," she said in a statement on Wednesday morning.
"The inequity that exists between Māori and Pākehā is in part created and is maintained by discriminatory laws and Government policies – this is one of those laws."....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/health-researcher-says-banning-smoking-in-cars-discriminatory-to-maori.html