Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill (No 2)
This bill is about vaping products, mainly to stop young people getting hold of them. It would ban the sale and making of disposable vapes — the kind you throw away after use. Shops would have to hide vaping products so they can't be seen from outside the store. Fines for selling vapes to people under 18 would go up significantly. New Zealand websites would not be allowed to link to overseas sites that advertise vaping products in ways that break New Zealand rules.
What this affects
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The bill restricts how vaping products can be sold and displayed, raises fines for selling them to under-18s, and bans disposable vapes to reduce young people's access.
A person must not sell, offer for sale, manufacture, supply, or distribute a disposable vaping device.
In section 40(2)(a), replace '$10,000' with '$100,000'.
A child safety mechanism must not be able to be overridden or deactivated by a user.
New Zealand has a goal to reduce daily smoking rates to less than 5 percent across all population groups by 2025.
Progress through Parliament
Have your say
This bill is open for public submissions to the Health Committee. Anyone can tell the committee what they think, and you don’t need to be an expert. Submissions close 12 September 2024.
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