On July 21st, according to foreign news reports, last month, the New Zealand Ministry of Finance announced the accounts for the seven months ended January 31, 2021, indicating that tobacco tax revenue has fallen by nearly 700 million New Zealand dollars compared with the same period last year.

The main reason for the decline in tax revenue is that the decline in demand for tobacco products has led to a 47.8% drop in tobacco taxes. "Although it is not unexpected, the decline was greater than expected. The funds raised by the government were US$400 million or 28.9% lower than the forecast in the December half-year economic and fiscal update."

New Zealand Taxpayers Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke said that smokers’ income is low, so the government should allow this downward trend in taxes to continue.

Speaking of this positive downward trend in smoking, Nancy Loucas, co-director of Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy (AVCA), said that if the Ministry of Health enacts too strict e-cigarette regulations, then fewer smokers will turn to safer (and cheaper). replacement of.

The recent decline in tobacco taxes has been much larger than expected, and the main reason for the decline in smoking rates in New Zealand over the past decade is e-cigarettes. "However, if the proposed e-cigarette regulations come into force, e-cigarettes will attract smokers who desire to quit. The power will be greatly reduced. More New Zealanders who continue to smoke may help government revenue, but it will not help reduce the annual smoking death rate of 5,000 New Zealanders, she added.

Lucas emphasized that it is for this reason that more flavorful and safer alternatives should be provided, rather than being restricted based on the draft e-cigarette regulations that will take effect on August 11.

We know that e-cigarette users quit smoking with fruit and dessert flavors. Adults love flavors and need them to be available wherever cigarettes are sold. Is that common sense?

She added that the logic of restricting adult tastes to prevent teenagers from smoking e-cigarettes is illogical. "R18 <strong class="keylink">e-cigarette products</strong> that are now under severe sanctions can protect children as much as possible. If retailers violate this rule, they will be severely penalized, just like alcohol and cigarettes. Retailers will take this privilege very seriously," she said.

Urge the new Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Ayesha Verrall, and the new Health Task Force, Dr. Liz Craig, both public health experts to consider the flavor debate from a different perspective. "Members of Congress have spent their entire lives trying to avoid laws that have unintended consequences. Well, if this government restricts adults from using popular e-cigarette flavors, then our smoking rate is likely to start to climb again. This would be a terrible one. Public health results.

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