If you can't trust Big Tobacco, who can you trust? The illicit tobacco story in NZ
The Frontline with Dr Gary PayindaShow Notes
Dr Janet Hoek is a University of Otago Professor who studies tobacco harm, estimated to cost NZ a cool $2.5 billion dollars a year, while generating hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from New Zealanders, and $1.7 in taxes for the government.
We talk about the scale of illicit tobacco in NZ, the risk posed, who to believe, the history of the tobacco industry, illicit tobacco prosecutions, and the human cost of NZ tobacco sales: estimated at 13 lives lost per day.
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