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'Incompatible with his role as a GP': Call for health minister Shane Reti to quit College membership
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'Incompatible with his role as a GP': Call for health minister Shane Reti to quit College membership
Wednesday 29 November 2023, 04:33 PM

Repealing smokefree legislation will make it easier for young people to take smoking [Amritanshu Sikdar on Unsplash]
The following letter was posted on X (formerly Twitter) today by specialist GP Dermot Coffey. Posting the letter, sent to health minister Shane Reti and National MP Vanessa Weenink, Dr Coffey said: “His [Reti's] decision to support scrapping of smoke-free legislation calls our profession into disrepute and is incompatible with his role as a GP, or any professional association with GP bodies in Aotearoa."
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The decision of the new Government to scrap the smokefree legislation to fund tax cuts for wealthy New Zealanders is an utterly bizarre