Bernard Hickey on costs of tobacco & cancelling #SmokefreeNZ -Casey #Costello & #NZCoalition Govt have #cost NZ #taxpayers $51 billion & NZ Govt $19 billion = $70 billion! More #Seymour lies, at an Atlas Network function in UK -& Seymour denies connections to Atlas! #AtlasNetwork #nzpol
June 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Bernard Hickey on costs of tobacco & cancelling #SmokefreeNZ -Casey #Costello & #NZCoalition Govt have #cost NZ #taxpayers $51 billion & NZ Govt $19 billion = $70 billion! More #Seymour lies, at an Atlas Network function in UK -& Seymour denies connections to Atlas! #AtlasNetwork #nzpol
Driving peacefully along & minding my own business, when out of nowhere partner exclaims: "with all we know about smoking, what a cunt, what a fucking cunt!" Not sure partner's blood pressure is ready for these next three years. #nzpol #smokefreenz
February 6, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Driving peacefully along & minding my own business, when out of nowhere partner exclaims: "with all we know about smoking, what a cunt, what a fucking cunt!" Not sure partner's blood pressure is ready for these next three years. #nzpol #smokefreenz
Please show your support for #smokefreenz: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pu...
November 28, 2023 at 3:54 AM
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Then there’s #Tobacco & the killing of our #SmokefreeNZ laws:
Pushing #fossilfuels & #mining in a #climate crisis, pushing #speed, #Alcohol, #gun deregulation & defunding public hospitals, health, housing & education #AtlasNetwork #privatisation #greed #nzpol
Pushing #fossilfuels & #mining in a #climate crisis, pushing #speed, #Alcohol, #gun deregulation & defunding public hospitals, health, housing & education #AtlasNetwork #privatisation #greed #nzpol
April 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Then there’s #Tobacco & the killing of our #SmokefreeNZ laws:
Pushing #fossilfuels & #mining in a #climate crisis, pushing #speed, #Alcohol, #gun deregulation & defunding public hospitals, health, housing & education #AtlasNetwork #privatisation #greed #nzpol
Pushing #fossilfuels & #mining in a #climate crisis, pushing #speed, #Alcohol, #gun deregulation & defunding public hospitals, health, housing & education #AtlasNetwork #privatisation #greed #nzpol
#Vaping doubles the risk of serious #lung #disease, even without #smoking history. Study - yet #NZ #Govt cancelled #SmokefreeNZ policies at great cost to our #health & #economy. As have other #AtlasNetwork governments #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Vaping doubles risk of serious lung disease, even without smoking history - study
And the news is even worse for people who use both cigarettes and vapes.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
#Vaping doubles the risk of serious #lung #disease, even without #smoking history. Study - yet #NZ #Govt cancelled #SmokefreeNZ policies at great cost to our #health & #economy. As have other #AtlasNetwork governments #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
18. $70b on roads, including $10b+ (could be double) on Northland road & $3b+ on Wellington tunnel.
$3b+ on taxcuts to landlords, $70b cancelling SmokefreeNZ & more-Choices! #SackWillis #SackCostello #NZGovtFail #ChangeTheGovt #guns #speed #methamphetamine #fossilfuels #tobacco #alcohol #War #nzpol
$3b+ on taxcuts to landlords, $70b cancelling SmokefreeNZ & more-Choices! #SackWillis #SackCostello #NZGovtFail #ChangeTheGovt #guns #speed #methamphetamine #fossilfuels #tobacco #alcohol #War #nzpol
August 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
18. $70b on roads, including $10b+ (could be double) on Northland road & $3b+ on Wellington tunnel.
$3b+ on taxcuts to landlords, $70b cancelling SmokefreeNZ & more-Choices! #SackWillis #SackCostello #NZGovtFail #ChangeTheGovt #guns #speed #methamphetamine #fossilfuels #tobacco #alcohol #War #nzpol
$3b+ on taxcuts to landlords, $70b cancelling SmokefreeNZ & more-Choices! #SackWillis #SackCostello #NZGovtFail #ChangeTheGovt #guns #speed #methamphetamine #fossilfuels #tobacco #alcohol #War #nzpol
Women, young people. Why would anyone stay?
There’s always been an element of “we’re better than the other guys, just tow the party line.”
But this feels so very much more blind to facts and reality than it ever has before. Some incredibly mean stuff combined with sheer lunacy — SmokeFreeNZ?! 🤬
There’s always been an element of “we’re better than the other guys, just tow the party line.”
But this feels so very much more blind to facts and reality than it ever has before. Some incredibly mean stuff combined with sheer lunacy — SmokeFreeNZ?! 🤬
May 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Women, young people. Why would anyone stay?
There’s always been an element of “we’re better than the other guys, just tow the party line.”
But this feels so very much more blind to facts and reality than it ever has before. Some incredibly mean stuff combined with sheer lunacy — SmokeFreeNZ?! 🤬
There’s always been an element of “we’re better than the other guys, just tow the party line.”
But this feels so very much more blind to facts and reality than it ever has before. Some incredibly mean stuff combined with sheer lunacy — SmokeFreeNZ?! 🤬
9. 'Most benefit' of NZ government's #tobacco #taxcuts will go to tobacco company #PhilipMorris, officials told #CaseyCostello: #corruption #nzpol#AtlasNetwork #Tobacco #Lobbyists #donors #health #cancer #deaths #SmokefreeNZ
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
'Most benefit' of government's tobacco tax cuts will go to tobacco company Philip Morris, officials told Casey Costello
Despite a long list of problems identified by officials, Casey Costello claimed she had got her own "independent" advice.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
9. 'Most benefit' of NZ government's #tobacco #taxcuts will go to tobacco company #PhilipMorris, officials told #CaseyCostello: #corruption #nzpol#AtlasNetwork #Tobacco #Lobbyists #donors #health #cancer #deaths #SmokefreeNZ
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
Aotearoa hasn’t updated tobacco warning images since 2018. Fresh images + hopeful, practical messages could give smokers the support they need. #SmokefreeNZ
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/bal...
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/bal...
Balancing fear with hope: A more effective way of promoting smoking cessation?
New research from Aotearoa New Zealand shows that adding positive, supportive messages to tobacco packaging could complement graphic warnings and better help people quit smoking.
www.phcc.org.nz
August 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Aotearoa hasn’t updated tobacco warning images since 2018. Fresh images + hopeful, practical messages could give smokers the support they need. #SmokefreeNZ
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/bal...
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/bal...