stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoNew Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cutswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1475arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1469arrow-down1external-linkNew Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cutswww.theguardian.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square165fedilinkfile-text
Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives
minus-squareVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·2 years ago The leading Māori public health organisation, Hāpai te Hauora, said the reversal will be “catastrophic for Māori communities”. It’s not a good idea to tell conservatives how policies would potentially harm the vulnerable, the poor, the excluded.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago One in six New Zealanders are Maori. New Zealand electoral system is MMP The Maori seats are sometimes pivotal. There is also a political party called The Maori Party which has sometimes been in government. For these reasons it’s important to tell the voters at large when a policy affects this particular constituency.
minus-squareIHadTwoCows@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·2 years agoWhy don’t they tell the Maori to not smoke?
minus-squareIHadTwoCows@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoTell them its how the colonizers are slowly eliminating their people
minus-squareMarin_Rider@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agobelieve it or not, the only people who actually talk like that are a few dozen deranged neckbeards on lemmy. noone in the real world acts like that
minus-squareIHadTwoCows@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAs a Hawaii resident I would have no idea 🙄
minus-squarekaffiene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAnd drug addicts not to do drugs. Good idea
It’s not a good idea to tell conservatives how policies would potentially harm the vulnerable, the poor, the excluded.
One in six New Zealanders are Maori.
New Zealand electoral system is MMP
The Maori seats are sometimes pivotal. There is also a political party called The Maori Party which has sometimes been in government.
For these reasons it’s important to tell the voters at large when a policy affects this particular constituency.
Why don’t they tell the Maori to not smoke?
Why would words help?
Tell them its how the colonizers are slowly eliminating their people
believe it or not, the only people who actually talk like that are a few dozen deranged neckbeards on lemmy. noone in the real world acts like that
As a Hawaii resident I would have no idea 🙄
And drug addicts not to do drugs. Good idea