Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

recognises that:

(i)

smoking continues to be a major cause of death and disability in Australia,

(ii)

more than 25 per cent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 in Australia in 2004 smoked cigarettes at least weekly, and

(iii)

research estimates that an adolescent who starts smoking today will smoke for a minimum of 16 years if male and 20 years if female;

(b)

notes that the tobacco industry depends on its ability to attract young people to use its products in order to encourage them to become addicted;

(c)

concurs with the Action on Smoking and Health Australia campaign that is calling on supermarkets to follow the lead of Coles in Tasmania by reducing its tobacco display to small rows of plain brand names and prices; and

(d)

calls on the Federal Government and state and territory governments to protect the health of Australian children and young people by requiring that:

(i)

smoking-tobacco products are kept out of sight in all retail outlets,

(ii)

quit smoking messages are placed at all points of retail for tobacco products, and

(iii)

tobacco sales through vending machines are banned.

Question negatived.