Photo: File / Getty ImagesThe government is suggesting limiting the amount of nicotine allowed in cigarettes. It's one of a number of proposals being put forward to meet the government's goal of making New Zealand Smokefree by 2025. The government is also talking about creating a smokefree generation, where people who are under 18 next year will never be able to buy cigarettes. Public health professor Chris Bullen said studies show at low nicotine levels, non-smokers do not get addicted and smokers cut down or quit. Late last month the Cancer Society launched a petition calling for a significant reduction in the number of stores that are able to sell tobacco.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 14, 2021 22:18 UTC