The Cancer Society wants a huge reduction in the number of stores that are allowed to sell tobacco. EDITORIAL: Would a cigarette that has only a fraction of the usual levels of nicotine be worth smoking? Robert Charles/Stuff A minority persist in smoking despite price rises and social disapproval. “Reducing nicotine content to minimal levels would likely decrease the number of young people trying smoking as they would not expect to get a hit from nicotine,” the plan said. As of 2020, we have 10.1 per cent of Pākehā smoking, 18.3 per cent of Pacific peoples and 28.7 per cent of Māori.

Source: Stuff April 15, 2021 17:00 UTC