Dame Tariana Turia's goal to make New Zealand smokefree by 2025 is creeping closer with the launch of today's Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan. Dame Tariana who retired from parliament in 2014 but continues to fight against cigarettes. She introduced legislation that increased excise tax, banned retail displays of tobacco products, reduced duty free allowances and introduced plain packaging. The latest move prevents 14 year olds from legally buying cigarettes by the time they are 18.
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