Why New Zealand Is Getting It Right?
October 12, 2026 by gfn.tv
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Why New Zealand Is Getting It Right?
New Zealand’s progress shows what tobacco policy can look like when harm reduction is treated as part of the solution. Smoking has fallen alongside access to vaping, suggesting that lower-risk alternatives can help accelerate the move away from combustion when smokers are given practical options. The lesson is not that regulation should disappear, but that it should support the direction of change already reducing harm. Public health should learn from countries where smoking is falling fastest, not dismiss the tools helping make it happen.
8.60% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 364,000 current smokers in New Zealand.
SOURCE: GSTHR
