Ending duty-free tobacco sales would be good for health – and health budgets
- Written by Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago
Getty ImagesUntil recently, Aotearoa New Zealand led global tobacco control innovation. Evidence-based policies, including sustained tobacco excise tax increases, saw large reductions in smoking rates, which will save thousands of lives.
Yet duty-free tobacco sales remain a curious anomaly and contradict efforts to reduce smoking prevalence.
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