Let's turn our baccos on tobacco

New Year's resolutions to quit smoking and tobacco price hikes kept Quitline busy on Sunday. 70 people registered to kick the habit in the first 90 minutes after the service's phonelines opened at 10am, and by 3pm more than 100 had registered. January is always a busy month because of New Year's resolutions and the tobacco tax increase has given people the extra push. The reasons people are giving are the same as usual: health, family, and because they are generally sick of it. New Year is a time for change and in time, the tobacco industry will be severely crippled due to the greater numbers of people turning away from that filthy habit. In fact, tobacco is one of the few plants that should be made extinct.