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Maori child lobby organisation Te Kahui Mana Ririki (TKMR) supports the Maori Affairs select committee enquiry into the impact of tobacco on Maori.
"For the sake of our children we support the prohibition of tobacco," TKMR Chair Dr Hone Kaa said today.
"44% of Maori smoke and this means almost half our children are being raised in smoking households. We know that second hand smoke results in poor health outcomes for our young ones.
"Around a quarter of Maori SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) deaths are attributed to second hand smoke and smoking during pregnancy.
"I applaud MP Hone Harawira's tenacity in relation to this issue. He comprehends the devastating impact that smoking has on our communities and how vulnerable our young ones are.
"Hone is quite rightly shifting the onus of responsibility for this most serious health issue away from Maori and onto tobacco companies.
"These huge multinationals are responsible for the deaths of many indigenous people."
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why should we all have to
why should we all have to give up smoking just because the bloody maori's cant handle it, no one is making them smoke why cant they just say no or even beta charge maori's more for smokes call it a maori tax. when is this country going to stop saying how high every time a maori says jump.
Why should tobacco go??? It
Why should tobacco go??? It has been around for hundreds of years. Why not switch to the better smoking alternative called Crown7!? Crown7 is an electric cigarette that allows you to get your fix without the tar, and all the cancer causing carcinogens and tobacco.