Highlights
- Aotearoa New Zealand formerly enacted revolutionary tobacco control measures
- Reforms included introducing a generational ban on tobacco products
- To achieve an equitable smokefree future, Māori leadership and partnership were critical in implementing effective tobacco control measures
- The planned smokefree reform was repealed by the sixth National-led coalition government
- Economic concerns, autonomy, and potential illicit tobacco trade were key justifications for the repeal
The correct path is to disallow the sale of the stuff. Its like with weed. You should let people grow it, but when you start allowing the sale, you will get big shitty corporations trying to make it as addictive as possible.