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Philip Morris says it will switch to smokefree tobacco products as soon as this year but wants a tax break on its e-cigarette business. Reaction to the controversial proposal from anti smoking groups has been swift - the Cancer Society's manager of advocacy and well being, Shayne Nahu, told Morning Report people should question the company's motives. Other public health academics have rubbished the idea as cynical and unlikely to proceed. The Maori public health organisation Hapai Te Hauora says if Phillip Morris's smokefree tobacco products were tightly regulated, it would be cautiously in favour. Its General Manager of Tobacco Control is Mihi Blair.
