An iconic part of Kiwi life, the corner 'dairy' could face extinction because of Jacinda Ardern's radical proposed ban on tobacco sales. Plans to make New Zealand smoke-free beginning with a ban on young people buying cigarettes, could have a devastating impact on the 4,000 small family-owned corner stores known as 'dairies'. Now some health experts across the ditch in Australia are calling for similar measures to stub out smoking Down Under. Those shops won't be compensated for lost revenue, in potentially disastrous news for the many dairies that rely heavily on tobacco sales to survive. 'We all want a smokefree New Zealand, but destroying dairies and lives and families in the process is not the way.

Source: Stuff December 11, 2021 09:03 UTC