CATATAN TENGAH Jangan coba sekali-kali melarang merokok bukan produk pabrik besar. Kuwalat yang melarang! salam ganesh
--- In [email protected], "Kartono Mohamad" <kmj...@...> wrote: > > Selama ini disebarkan mitos bahwa gerakan anti rokok di Indonesia adalah > untuk kepentingan asing (negara kapitalis). Kini di Australia yang tergolong > negara kapitalis justru pemerintahnya yang melakukan gerakan pengendalian > rokok secara sungguh-sungguh. Apakah pemerintah Australia bergerak demi > kepentingan asing? > KM > > > April 30, 2010 > > An Australian Health Department mock-up of the type of logo-free cigarette > boxes it has planned. > Australia Introduces Plain, Logo-Free Cigarette Packs > Sydney. Australia said on Thursday that it would become the first country to > ban logos and branding on cigarette packets in a bid to make them less > attractive to smokers, sparking a furious response from the tobacco industry > > > Under new legislation announced by the government aimed at cutting tobacco > use, cigarettes sold in Australia starting on July 1, 2012, would have to > have plain, standardized packages carrying only graphic warnings against > smoking. The brand name is to be relegated to tiny, generic font at the > bottom. > > "Cigarettes are not cool, cigarettes kill people," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd > said. "Therefore the government makes no apology whatsoever for what it's > doing. > > "The tobacco companies will hate this measure, they will oppose it. > Nonetheless we believe this and other measures help to reduce smoking. We > intend, therefore, to get on with the job." > > He also announced an immediate 25 percent tax hike on tobacco, driving up > the price of a pack of 30 cigarettes by to around 15 Australian dollars ($13 > 91). > > Tobacco companies immediately blasted the crackdown and vowed to fight it in > court. > > Leading cigarette maker Imperial Tobacco Australia said it would challenge > the move on the grounds that it would affect its profit, arguing that the > branding has commercial value. > > "Introducing plain packaging just takes away the ability of a consumer to > identify our brand from another brand, and that's of value to us," Imperial > Tobacco Australia spokeswoman Cathie Keogh told Australian Broadcasting Corp > > > Retailers said the tax hike would hurt their businesses and bolster the > cigarette black market. > > "It's a lazy policy response being pushed by some health advocates," said > Mick Daly, national ahairman of Australian supermarket chain IGA. "That > amounts to a direct attack on approximately 16 percent of Australians who > have made legal and legitimate lifestyle choices." > > Tim Wilson, director of intellectual property at Australia's Institute of > Public Affairs, said tobacco companies would likely demand compensation over > the forced packaging changes, which could cost taxpayers around 3 billion > Australian dollars a year. > > AFP, AP > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
