Introducing oral nicotine pouches risks exposing more young people to nicotine addiction and compounding the problems caused by vaping.
- Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Otago
For NZ to achieve its goal to bring smoking under 5% would require more than 80,000 people to quit this year. To be equitable, 60,000 would need to be Māori.
Young people should be protected from taking up vaping but policies must be proportionate and reduce the appeal and addictiveness of both tobacco and vaping products.
Whether or not they smoke, most young people don’t share the tobacco companies’ view that New Zealand’s new smokefree measures will reduce their autonomy or limit their freedoms.
Tackling climate change involves changes in behaviour that would significantly improve people’s general health — and save money.
Young New Zealanders are less likely to use cannabis than their 1990s counterparts. But if New Zealand decides to legalise recreational use, teens will have easier access.
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