Election 2017 - Party Policies - Drugs - Tobacco
27th May 17, 9:54am
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Tobacco
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- Further extension of the Smokefree Environments Act.
- Plain packaging of tobacco products.
- Further taxation increases.
- Other restrictions on the supply side, such as a register of approved tobacco retailers.
- Non-tobacco based nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes, will be assessed according to harm-reduction principles, weighing up the potential to help people stop smoking against the potential for them to lead to harm by enabling more nicotine consumption.
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- Introduce legislation prohibiting smoking in cars while children are passengers by the end of 2019.
- Limit a number of licenced vendors who sell tobacco products and limit supply to them of low tar only tobacco products by 2020.
- Create a new licencing programme for vendors who sell tobacco products, based on the current liquor licencing rules.
- Heavily subsidise e-cigarettes and other vaping products.
- Increase the minimum purchase age from 18 to 21 over the next five years.
- Read more here.
- 1 million New Zealanders to potentially benefit through our Healthy Families initiative that encourages people to live healthier lives by making good food choices, being physically active, moderating alcohol consumption and being smoke-free.
- Read more here.
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