Now with Parliament’s health select committee, the bill limits the number of retailers able to sell smoked tobacco products, prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone born in 2009… Read More »NZ govt’s smokefree proposals must be enforced, say vapers
Smoking among New Zealand’s young teenagers has fallen to its lowest levels in over 20 years, while very few non-smoking students take up vaping, according to a significant survey of… Read More »Survey proves non-smoking youth are not taking up vaping
A University of Otago study that claims the transition from cigarettes to vaping is not as straightforward as many think is not helpful to the many Kiwis desperate to quit… Read More »Otago study sends mixed messages on best quit smoking tool
After 2,518 submissions on the latest draft vaping regulations, it’s disappointing that local vape businesses and advocates have had to jump on a plane or dig deep into their pockets… Read More »Vaping product standards behind a paywall – disappointing
Consumers and advocates of safer nicotine products in the Asia-Pacific region will tackle the need for effective public health policy to address the smoking epidemic using the same science and… Read More »Consumers to tackle tobacco harm reduction amid pandemic in V4V webinar
Nearly a year since a Parliamentary petition on vaping flavours closed, and exactly six months since the Government’s vaping legislation was passed, the petition organiser has submitted a supporting supplementary… Read More »Still time to follow the evidence on vape flavours – petitioner
The Smoke-free Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020, which the 52nd Parliament passed into law in August 2020, took effect on 11 November 2020 with several guidelines to… Read More »Amended vaping law takes effect in New Zealand