aotearoa data explorer cigarette smoking census 2013 Do the differing vaping and trends in Australia and New Zealand reflect different regulatory policies? - Mendelsohn - 2025 aotearoa data explorer cigarette smoking

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The move provoked a strike from furious tobacconists, many fearing being forced out of business by smokers crossing borders to buy cigarettes in neighbouring countries

When someone vapes, they inhale complex mixtures of known and unknown chemicals in the form of aerosols

And while it seems reasonable that those who switch from traditional cigarette smoking to electronic cigarette vaping would reduce their intake of nicotine, data actually shows a segment of the population uses both forms of nicotine inhalation therefore increasing (not decreasing) nicotine addiction