Senate debates

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Questions without Notice

Budget

2:24 pm

Photo of Fiona NashFiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Assistant Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

The government is absolutely focused on reducing smoking. We have the Prime Minister that led the way, as a previous health minister, when it comes to reducing smoking and tackling that very important issue across the nation. We have moved from the existing agency, ANPHA, some of the programs, some of the arrangements, around smoking. That will still be a targeted social marketing campaign aimed at Indigenous and lower socioeconomic people, because the research shows that that is where it is most effective. That is coupled with the existing $5 million for the tobacco campaign—

Comments

No comments