Wall Louisa: Customs and Excise (Tobacco Products—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee Third ReadingText is subject to correctionWall Louisa: Customs and Excise (Tobacco Products—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee Third Reading[Sitting date: 26 May 2016. Volume:714;Page:11458. Text is subject to correction.]LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa): I know that everyone wants to go home—I do too—but I do want to say a few things just in terms of the kaupapa that we have debated now all morning. Actually I want to say to Minister Lotu-Iiga that I think there are many of us across this House who want to work with you on a strategy that makes New Zealand smoke-free by 2025. So I am asking you to allow those of us who are passionate about this kaupapa to work with you to get some of the other initiatives that need to be prioritised to complement this specific initiative that is as we have all identified today one of the most effective initiatives in reducing the numbers of smokers.For those people who may not have seen some of the earlier debate I just want to highlight that we are talking about 550000 New Zealanders who smoke. Of these 155000 of them are Māori; 55000 are Pacific people. We have 5000 deaths a year we have 350 people a year die from second-hand smoking and 70 of our babies die from sudden unexpected death in infancy so this is an incredibly important kaupapa. I know that many of us have been affected. I had a father who passed away from over 20 years of chain-smoking two packs a day. It means a lot to many people and so hopefully there is an opportunity for us to come together and work collectively. It actually could be something that everyone across the House could collaborate on so that is what I am saying to the Minister.Just before I conclude I would like to say that next week it is World Smokefree Day on 31 May. World Smokefree Day is about raising awareness and contributing to the achievement of New Zealand becoming smoke-free by 2025. So Minister you have got something to be very proud of next week and to stand up and talk about. The theme for this year is “It’s about whānau”. What we want to do is encourage more people to seek help if they want to give up smoking. What we have realised through the research is that people cannot give up by themselves; they actually need the tools to support that. They need whānau around them who support it they need the patches they need the gum—whatever tools they need to realise that aspiration of being smoke-free. All that we have tried to highlight on this side is that access to tobacco is one thing but actually if you really want to address the addiction then we have got to invest a whole lot more in the tools that are going to be effective.Finally I too would like to honour Dame Tariana Turia. This is her legacy. I would also like to acknowledge Hone Harawira because he was a then member of the Māori Affairs Committee that pushed the inquiry through and the Māori Affairs Committee itself which spent a lot of time and actually produced a really good report that gave us I think a lot of hope about Māori willingness to become smoke-free. It provided a lot of recommendations to the Government and I know that the Government has responded to that particular inquiry. Many people have been incredibly passionate about this kaupapa and will continue to be. Kia ora.