Smokefree cars and what's next
ASH welcomes smokefree cars, but told Newshub reporter Mitchell Alexander that New Zealand still isn't on track to reach the Smokefree 2025 goal.
"What is needed immediately is greater investment in community-led initiatives to help people quit and mass media campaigns that support quit efforts. Then with that support in place, we can legislate to make tobacco products less appealing, less available and less addictive."
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