Tobacco price rise unlikely to stop habit - smokers

01 Jan 2011 01:27p.m.

dazza wrote:

anyone interested in two cartons of pall mall 20 packets of 20 for $150? I have two cartons I dont want.

03 Sep 2010 10:32a.m.

gtan wrote:

also i bet you som people will sell smokes on trademe or any web selling site any way

03 Sep 2010 10:18a.m.

gtan wrote:

I say that we just stop teens getting smokes any way its there future that we need to repopulate and i also agree with cyril

29 May 2010 09:07p.m.

shogaxx wrote:

if you want to stop smoking, read EASYWAY - Allen Carr

19 May 2010 10:59a.m.

Melissa wrote:

Obviously this is just another battle that we just have to work through. The government obviously sees the benefits in saving their pocket because lets face it, the cost of health far outweighs the cost that cigarettes bring in on it's own merit. There is a support network that requires attention in order to help those who have been painfully hit by this price hike, please focus on helping them rather than making the pain worse by putting them in the middle of it all.

11 May 2010 02:26p.m.

Jono wrote:

You can argue about it as much as you want but I'm an 18 year old that knows nothing about politics and even i know that it's all about money. The government don't care about the health of smokers and they know full well that nicotine is the most addictive drug, more addictive than heroine and thats obviously why they raised the taxes. The few who will quit to save money wont make a difference because they will still be making more than they were before.

30 Apr 2010 10:53p.m.

Spazza wrote:

Is it any wonder theres so much pot smoking going on out there & when thats not enough theres always the heavier stuff - good 1 national - where will you be when all the current generation in primary schools start giving birth to thier drug F****D kids ???????????? Well done!!!!!!!!

30 Apr 2010 08:48p.m.

Puff the Magic Dragon wrote:

What is the government going to do for money when the last 25% of smokers quit, as they will eventually (or die). Govt's would tax sex if they could (and they just might yet)

30 Apr 2010 08:41p.m.

Puff the Magic Dragon wrote:

What is the government going to do for money when the last 25% of smokers quit, as they will eventually (or die). Govt's would tax sex if they could (and they just might yet)

30 Apr 2010 08:17p.m.

David wrote:

John millan Im not too sure were you get your facts from, last time I checked John Key was preferred PM by 48%, Phil Goff was 7%, geez bloody Helan Clark is still 3.5%, is that what you get when your a labour supporter? You make facts up, or if that fails you talk shit out of your arse?

Did you consider that grant called you bitter because on every post you do you ignore the issue present and provide no constructive evidence to any argument. Get over labour, no government is perfect.

The system is made to work in cycles and unfortunately labour are not in power now because they are not the best person for the job right now. We are in a neoliberal capitalist economy and whilst left sided socialism is a good theory, a great theory in fact, it just doent cut the mustard for the situation because we have run out of money. John the last labour govt knew they were going out so they grossly overspent as well as many things and you want proof well phil goff made an apology because of it. Anybody who thinks that we should invest in people must be kicking themselves, look at the proof of current statistics, labour invested in people and because of this new Zealand went into a recession one year before the rest of the world.

National will come in and fix all of labours mess ups, dont get me wrong in 7 years time when labour will most likely be elected again labour will fix all of nationals mess ups, govts work in cycles john and personally if i had my your voting power would be taken away because you bring in a prejudice that undermines the whole process