New Zealand: Government proposes world-leading action plan to achieve smokefree 2025 goal

Richard Edwards, Janet Hoek, Andrew Waa

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Abstract

In April 2021 the New Zealand (NZ) government published a discussion document with a proposed action plan for Smokefree 2025. The sponsor is Associate Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall, a physician and newly elected member of Parliament.

The NZ government’s commitment to a smokefree goal in 2011 was a response to a recommendation from the Māori Affairs Select Committee of the NZ Parliament. It followed sustained advocacy by Māori (the Indigenous peoples) leaders for the ‘Tupeka Kore’ goal for the elimination of tobacco products, which were introduced to Māori by colonisation, from NZ
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)482-483
Number of pages2
JournalTobacco Control
Volume30
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Smokefree 2025
  • Māori people
  • tobacco products
  • smoking

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