Petition reason

We believe the proposal is counter to the views of experts, MoH, and Hapai, and will not help achieve Smokefree 2025. We also feel it’s contrary to statistics on youth uptake revealed by the Minister that “only 0.5 per cent of students who have never smoked have started vaping daily – a drop from 0.8 per cent in 2017.” We know vapers quit smoking with fruit/dessert flavours, not tobacco, menthol, or mint flavours, as they are not looking for a cigarette taste but to move away from cigarettes.