Page 4244 - Week 13 - Thursday, 25 November 1993

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JUST AS WE CAN NO LONGER SIT BY AND ACCEPT THE HARMFUL PRESENCE OF TOBACCO SMOKE IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS, WE CAN NO LONGER ACCEPT THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO THE ADVERTISING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AS A NORMAL OR INEVITABLE ELEMENT OF OUR SOCIETY.

ACTION HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AT TERRITORY AND COMMONWEALTH LEVEL TO BREAK THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TOBACCO SMOKING AND SPORTING AND SOCIAL GLAMOUR AND SUCCESS.

MADAM SPEAKER, THE BILL I PROPOSE TODAY WILL STRENGTHEN THOSE MEASURES BY REMOVING LOOPHOLES WHICH HAVE ALLOWED TOBACCO ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION TO OCCUR, CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW.

SINCE THE TOBACCO ACT WAS AMENDED IN 1990, SEVERAL SPECIFIC ISSUES HAVE ARISEN WITH REGARD TO THE DISPLAY OF ADVERTISING:

SECTION 11 OF THE PRESENT ACT ALLOWS FOR A THIRTY-DAY PERIOD TO REMOVE ILLEGAL TOBACCO ADVERTISING.

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