On Wednesday Christopher Luxon claimed that if the reforms passed there would only be one tobacco retail outlet in Northland. This morning on Q&A former Tobacco lobbyist and current Minister Chris Bishop doubled down on the claim. The back and forth with minister Chris Bishop on the smokefree changes being scrapped – full interview here: https://t.co/IkV9qxvcNW pic.twitter.com/43NwBXevgG — Q+A (@NZQandA) December 2, 2023The claim is easily disproved. The Director General’s list is readily available and I presume people within National can count. And clearly Bishop has not read the Director General’s reports.

Source: Stuff December 03, 2023 09:52 UTC