Two parallel health challenges
Selah Hart Mana Amorangi/chief executive of Hāpai te Hauora speaks about smoking and covid-19 in Stuff. "Like Covid, smoking poses a greater threat to the health of New Zealanders who are brown or poor: the greatest risk of all is to those who are both brown and poor."
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