https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/hea...eneration-work
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/ind...ers-group-says
https://journal.chestnet.org/article...288-4/fulltext
https://www.cph.co.nz/your-health/smokefree/
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the...ion-slips-away
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/w...oking-ban.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...moking-by-2025
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-fund-tax-cuts
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...OXQOTYI6J36YU/
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/11/28/s...hock-reversal/
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/28/a...hnk/index.html
Just a short sample of journalism on Smokefree legislation.
Since part of the Smokefree legislation is to force Big Tobacco to reduce nicotine levels below the level for addiction, I can't believe any 12 or 14 year old waiting years till they're 18, is then going to want to spend $60 per day on a pack of cigarettes with virtually no nicotine in them, or if theyre unable to - accuse the govt of infringing their democratic rights (to give themselves cancer).
It's the craving to replace the high levels nicotine (its as addictive as heroin) which keeps smokers chained to tobacco & spending ridiculous sums of money on cigarettes esp those on Benefits.
When eliminating addictive substances, there has to be space for those currently addicted to smoking to quit in their own time. That's why the age limit has been set to those born after 2009, who aren't current or shouldn't be smokers as thats 14 years and under, rather than eliminating them for everyone right now. That would be unfair on current smokers. This way respects the rights of current adult smokers while still eliminating smoking for future generations.
Different age restrictions already exist, e.g. you can't be an International pilot after 65, you have to have your Driving licence retested at 75, 16 to drivers license, 18 to vote, probably wont get accepted to apply for fireman over 30 etc.
As for the Maori Health Authority, the Labour govt brought that initiative in because what we were doing wasn't working. If it wasn't working, we needed to try something else, hense the MHA.
Now the Coalition govt is going to cancel it & just go back to what we had before - which wasn't working!