“Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa said at the time the Smoke-free Environments Act – which regulates tobacco in New Zealand – would be “amended next year” [in 2019] – but the year passed with no update. Salesa has dropped some clues about what the public can expect from the legislation. In 2018, she said there would be “๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐” and that this will be “similar to retail advertising of tobacco products”. Salesa also said the new laws would “put a stop to vaping and similar smokeless tobacco products in places such as bars, restaurants and workplaces – as we already do with cigarettes”. The minister told Newshub in September the Government is ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ. The drop in smoking fits with the Government’s goal of becoming smoke-free by 2025, bolstered by another hike in tobacco tax in January pushing up a 25-pack of cigarettes to the $40 mark. It’s hoped vaping could help more people quit.”
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