Pat Newman is pleading for the government to keep the Smokefree 2025 legislation, saying it’s trading off kids’ lives for political … source...
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Northland doctors say scrapping smokefree legislation ‘ridiculous’
Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Northland emergency doctors have written to Health Minister Dr Shane Reti saying a plan to repeal parts of the smokefree legislation is anti-health. They are the latest in a...
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Christopher Luxon tells team to fact-check claims after tobacco outlet mistake
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his team got their numbers wrong. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver The new government is “deeply committed to lowering smoking rates in New Zealand,” Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says....
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Smokefree laws: National claims on Northland tobacco stores ‘wrong’ – Luxon
By Michael Neilson of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says a claim repeated by National Party ministers that only one store would have been able to sell tobacco in all of Northland under Labour’s policies,...
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