Clearing the Smoke

ndp Web Page
Printed 11/25/2009 09:20:43 AM Back Print

Publications

A five-year plan for tobacco control in New Zealand (2004-2009)

Date of publication: Sep 2004

Clearing the Smoke: A five-year plan for tobacco control in New Zealand 2004-2009 represents another milestone in the progress towards minimising the harm from tobacco in this country.

It has four goals that support the best-practice strands of a comprehensive tobacco programme namely to:

significantly reduce levels of tobacco consumption and smoking prevalence
reduce inequalities in health outcomes
reduce Maori smoking prevalence to at least the same level as non-Māori
reduce exposure to second-hand smoke for all New Zealanders.

Document availability

You can download a copy of this publication in Word and PDF from the Ministry of Health website.

Clearing the Smoke: a five-year plan for tobacco control in New Zealand 2004-2009