Research () showed that, if fully implemented, the Smokefree reforms would save the health system $1.3 billion over the next 20 years, and reduce death rates by 22 per cent for women and nine per cent for men, Swinburn said. Put our People over Profit - Stop the Repeal of the Smokefree Legislation and keep the law (https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/put-ourpeople-over-profit-stop-the-repeal-of-the-smokefreeIegislation?share=b9ee7326-d045-4e88-96c95aeed47e55bl&source=forwarded email&utm medium=&utm source=forwarded email) launched by Maori public health advocates Hapai Te Hauora - and signed by nearly 40,000 people on December 8. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) chief executive Sarah Dalton said its members were "appalled" by the decision to roll back world-leading law reforms at "breakneck speed"...

Nurses, health workers stand up against 'incomprehensible' Smokefree rollback