该禁烟提案的六个重点分别为:确保毛利人领导和决策、促进健康和社区动员、增加循证戒烟服务、降低烟草产品的成瘾性和吸引力、减少烟草产品的供应,以及确保制造商、进口商和零售商履行其法律义务。
结语
总体来看,新西兰推行如此“激进”的禁烟法案,本质确实是为国民健康考虑。不过这一手段,外国未必能轻易模仿,因为他国未必有新西兰这样政治和社会阻力较小的环境。但是禁烟仍应不失为各国长期的奋斗目标,毕竟健康的国民是社会良好运转的重要基础。
参考资料:
1.https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/117876886/tobacco-tax-hikes-are-too-good-to-give-up?rm=a
2.https://www.treasury.govt.nz/information-and-services/financial-management-and-advice/revenue-and-expenditure
3.https://www.smokefree.org.nz/smoking-its-effects/facts-figures
4.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/smoking-ban-fears-smokefree-2025-legislation-could-stoke-growing-black-market/IMF22LOI6AO4NU76YGMDOIYODM/
5.https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/information-release/ris-smokefree-aotearoa-action-plan-nov21.pdf