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New Zealand's Shock Reversal: Smoking Ban Scrapped to Fund Tax Cuts

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New Zealand's Shock Reversal: Smoking Ban Scrapped to Fund Tax Cuts
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New Zealand's new Prime Minister, Chris Luxon, plans to roll back the country's strict anti-smoking laws as part of compromises made to form a new coalition government. The laws, which aimed to phase out cigarettes and reduce the percentage of smokers to 5% by 2025, were seen as a world model for tobacco policies. The rollback is seen as a major loss for public health and a win for the tobacco industry. The coalition agreement calls for repealing the anti-smoking amendments and regulations before March 2024.

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