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Posted by Matt JACKSON
on 7/13/2009, 5:37 pm, in reply to "Do you use smokeless tobacco?"
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I love smokless tobacco, but hate smoking. The Australian Government makes it very hard to use smokless tobacco due to imported items getting caught up in customs and users being taxed and in effect paying twice for the item. Delays in Customs are also lengthy. I would be happy to participate in a survey in relation to the use of smokless tobacco.
--Previous Message--
: In Australia, the sale of oral snuff and
: chewing tobacco was banned nationally in
: 1991 due to concern about the possible
: health effects of these products
: (particularly the risk of mouth cancer).
: Smokeless tobacco users are allowed to
: import the product in small quantities for
: personal use.
:
: It has been argued that allowing some forms
: of smokeless tobacco to be sold in Australia
: may be good for public health if smokers
: switched from cigarettes to smokeless
: tobacco. Other people argue that most
: Australian smokers would not want to use
: smokeless tobacco. However, very little is
: known about who would be interested in
: buying these products if the current ban was
: relaxed.
:
: Researchers at the School of Population
: Health at the University of Queensland are
: currently looking for people living in
: Australia who have used smokeless tobacco to
: participate in a short survey to better
: understand who may be interested in using
: these products if they were allowed to be
: sold here. The survey can be completed over
: the phone or by an anonymous written
: questionnaire. If you are interested in
: being involved in the survey, please contact
: Dr Coral Gartner on ph (07) 3365 5543, fax
: (07) 3365 5442, email:
: c dot gartner at sph dot uq dot edu dot au
: (replace 'at' with '@' and each 'dot' with
: '.')
: or post your name and contact details (no
: postage stamp required) to:
: Dr Coral Gartner (595)
: Health Systems Policy & Practice
: The Future of Tobacco Control, School of
: Population Health
: Reply Paid 6469
: ST LUCIA QLD 4067
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