❓ Mr Cook questions the Minister for Health regarding the Department's approach to retailers selling cigarettes to minors, advocating for a stricter approach. The Minister commits to reconsidering the current system.
AnsweredQoN 158Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CIGARETTE RETAILERS — Sale TO MINORS
— PROSECUTIONS
158. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Will the Minister for Health promise
that from today the Department of Health will no longer undertake this softly,
softly approach to retailers who are, essentially, getting kids hooked on one
of the most addictive drugs available?
— PROSECUTIONS
158. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Will the Minister for Health promise
that from today the Department of Health will no longer undertake this softly,
softly approach to retailers who are, essentially, getting kids hooked on one
of the most addictive drugs available?
AnswerView source ↗
I will go back and
look again at what we are doing and how we treat those people who have been
caught. At the end of the day, we can continue for only so long with a system
that catches people out and then does nothing but tells them off. I will give a
commitment to reconsider this issue to see what else the government and the
department should do
look again at what we are doing and how we treat those people who have been
caught. At the end of the day, we can continue for only so long with a system
that catches people out and then does nothing but tells them off. I will give a
commitment to reconsider this issue to see what else the government and the
department should do
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