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24 <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>May</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
SELWYN RURAL LIFE<br />
Advertising Feature<br />
Taking the smoke out of smoko<br />
• By Isabelle Teresa<br />
World Smokefree <strong>May</strong> leads to<br />
the internationally observed World<br />
Smokefree Day, 31 <strong>May</strong>. Farming<br />
communities are as affected by tobacco<br />
smoking and vaping as the rest of society<br />
but have a few additional choices to make<br />
due to the indoor/outdoor work aspect.<br />
Under the Smokefree Environments<br />
and Regulated Products (Vaping)<br />
Amendment Act 2020, all indoor<br />
workplaces must be smokefree and<br />
vapefree as of 11 November 2020.<br />
Aside from that legal requirement, it<br />
is the employer’s right to set out other<br />
aspects of their policy. So farmers can<br />
choose whether to extend their smokefree<br />
areas to work vehicles and to all or some<br />
outdoor areas. Creating these policies<br />
can be a great way for farmers to support<br />
their staff to become and stay smokefree.<br />
It also means that non-smoking<br />
employees and visitors – and people<br />
trying to quit – won’t be bothered or<br />
endangered by second-hand smoke.<br />
Aside from smoking’s obvious health<br />
dangers, specific on-farm risks include<br />
when: fuelling up, using chemicals,<br />
and working with animals – including<br />
milking.<br />
Germs spread more quickly with the<br />
frequency of putting your hands to your<br />
mouth.<br />
New Zealand’s goal is that, by 2025,<br />
fewer than 5% of Kiwis will smoke.<br />
There’s a way to go yet. 2021/22 statistics<br />
were that 8% of adults (15+) smoked daily<br />
– but when you unpack this, it’s 19.9% of<br />
Māori adults and 18.2 of Pasifika, which<br />
is a concern for these communities. Any<br />
support that employers and teammates<br />
can give to smoking colleagues is crucial.<br />
“Smoko” is a Kiwi institution – but to<br />
support all Kiwis, let’s take the smoke out<br />
of it.<br />
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