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Dairy owners choke the smoke  

The owners of Kaitaia's VIP Dairy boast theirs is the first dairy in the area to go smokefree - now all they have to do is kick the habit themselves.

Sheryl Stankovich and Ham Petera have lost money since banning tobacco, filters, lighters, matches and papers from their shelves. But they don't care. "We decided that we didn't want to be responsible for putting smoke into the lungs of our community," said Stankovich. "We are trying to be socially responsible."

The couple hated dealing with underage youngsters trying to buy tobacco for themselves or their parents and felt bad about contributing to Northland's problems with smoking-related diseases.

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