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by Barbara Mathieson | January 6, 2009 at 06:11 am
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06 Jan 09 @ 09:56am
Bugged by butts ... Angie and Ray Gannon with some of the cigarette butts they have collected.
THERE are no butts about it, according to Doug the Dugong creator Ray Gannon, who has warned cigarette butts will not be tolerated in Redcliffe.
Mr Gannon and his team of Gutter Butt Busters are collaborating with the Redcliffe Hospital Foundation to raise awareness about the environmental effects of tossing a cigarette butt on to the ground.
``We want to stop those butts getting into the bay,’’ Mr Gannon said.
Cigarette butts are a problem in Australia, too.
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at 13:06 on January 20th, 2009
Smoking Accountability
A suggestion?! 1. No access to Medicare treatment for smoking related illnesses unless 'confirmed' smokers are registered.2. Tobacco products should only be available from licensed premises and sold only to registered smokers.
Smokers, eligible to purchase tobacco products from a licensed retailer, must be registered and have a Medicare Tobacco User Fund credit account. Every purchase a registered user makes will include an Environment levy together with a Medicare Treatment Surcharge that will be logged to his or her MTUF Credit account.
Extra cost per pack will be shared equally by the smoker and supplying tobacco company.
Apart from emergency treatment no smoker will have access to Medicare services without a MTUF Credit 'card' which identifies him or her as the account holder. If sufficient funds have not accrued in a registered smoker’s MTUF Credit account (or have been previously used), the cost (or shortfall) of hospital treatment will be the equal responsibility of the user and supplying tobacco company. In such case the supplying tobacco company will be required to meet the full cost of treatment having deposited sufficient funds to meet the Medicare Tobacco User Fund forecasts on inception of the Fund. Any 'shortfall' treatment costs owed by the smoker will be recovered by the Medicare Tobacco User Fund either as a lump sum or as garnisheed payments via wages or ATO Medicare levies (or from a deceased smoker's Estate).
A limit of 20 cigarettes per day per registered user seems reasonable?
The extra Medicare Treatment Surcharge + Environment levy will be $2.50 per pack of 20; the smoker and supplying tobacco company to contribute $1.25 each