The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill currently progressing through Parliament will establish a smokefree generation (SFG) by ending the sale of smoked tobacco products to people born on or after 1 January 2009.
The New Zealand primary and secondary health sectors are struggling to provide an adequate service and meet demand.
E-cigarette use is on the rise, with 6.2% of adults being categorised as daily e-cigarette users. Data shows that e-cigarette use was highest in young people aged 18–24 (15.3%) and Māori (12.5%).
A committee of the Board of Health is taking evidence on the venereal disease problem for the purpose of advising the Government on masures necessary for the control of this great evil.