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Originally Posted by lambeburger
Black market cig industry about to get very lucrative in NZ.
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Well, probably, yeah.
Not to mention, New Zealanders travel. They can get cigarettes basically anywhere if they want them.
That being said, this is an interesting idea and at the very least it will likely curb consumption from casual smokers.
So I can see the benefit here, its not going to be perfect, diehards and the determined will find ways of smoking if its that important to them but overall by making it more difficult and phasing in more restrictions over time this will reduce smoking.
As long-term thing this legislation will more or less achieve its objectives.
I never realized that smoking was such a hot-button topic in New Zealand or such a big problem to warrant something like this.