The Smokefree Coalition is committed to preventing the uptake of smoking among young people and reducing the smoking rates of all New Zealanders.

Established in 1995, we encourage debate about tobacco control issues.

The Smokefree Coalition provides a collective voice for our members – twenty-three organisations including the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation, Cancer Society and National Heart Foundation.

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Māori Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into the tobacco industry in Aotearoa and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori.

The Smokefree Coalition fully endorses the Māori Affairs Select Committee's call for the New Zealand tobacco industry to give an account of the role it plays in causing both sickness and early deaths among Māori, and encourages organisations and individuals to make a submission.

A toolkit has been developed to support organisations and individuals in making a submission Māori Affairs Select Committee Inquiry.

The Smokefree Coalition, Te Reo Marama and Te Hoto Manawa Māori have also organised seminars to assist organisations and individuals in making submissions. Seminars will be held in Auckland on 10 December and in Wellington on 14 December.

• The Globalisation of Tobacco Use: 21 Challenges For The 21st Century
• Media release: New Zealand's tobacco control leadership slipping away, 25 January 2010
• Certificate of Achievement in Health Promotion (Shortcourse) 2010
• Media release: Tobacco tax increase urged in the Year of the Lungs, 12 January 2010
• Smoking Cessation Paper 2010 – Hayden McRobbie, 6 January 2010
• Rebutting the tobacco industry, winning smokefree air – 2009 Status Report
• Oceania Conference 09 resources
• Taxation reports available here