Australia Should Follow New Zealand and the US to Reduce Smoking

The New Zealand government announced the Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan on December 9th. The plan aims to reduce the smoking population in the country to less than 5 percent from the current 13 percent.

It also plans to ensure that young adults never take up smoking and reduce the number of those already doing so.

The reforms are set to be passed next year and will place a partial ban on selling tobacco by 2027 to those bor....