Time to end duty-free tobacco sales in NZ

Duty-free sales of tobacco products undermine Aotearoa New Zealand’s goals to reduce smoking and prevented the country from earning up to $96 million in tax revenue between 2015 and 2024, a new University of Otago, Wellington – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke and the University of Bath (UK) study reveals.

Professor Terrie Moffitt, Dunedin Study Associate Director

Professor Janet Hoek

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