This sucks !

[Orb Skewer]

News 2013

 

[jamie]

If you post informative thread and link titles they won't suck so much.

 

[WillyZee]

Didn't click the link ... but I'll take your word for it

 

[cskent]

It depends on how you look at it. Yes, the government in New Zealand is going to regulate and tax e-cigs, but it's has been illegal to sell them until recently. The tax rate will be high, but not as high as on tobacco. The government will be doing some studies on e-cigs as a smoking cessation device, something that should have been done long ago anyway, we all know that's what it is most commonly used for. HealthNZ is trying to price tobacco out of reach of the average person, while maintaining the tax income the government derives from tobacco sales, but at a lower rate.

So, would you rather e-cigs be illegal?, or at least have access to them. The legalization of e-cigs and nicotine liquid is a good thing for vaping in NZ. The state of affairs in the EU is still in question, at least NZ doesn't appear to be considering a total ban.

 

[tommy2bad]

I'm confused, can't see anything about taxing ecigs and most of the stuff on the linked page is anti smoking and kinda pro ecig allowing for the fact that they are not a smoking cessation method.

 

[damthisisfun]

Funny how other "enjoyment activities" are legal in NZ - yet E-Cigs are not...........Margarine which is pretty close to plastic and was once fed to pigs was approved for human consumption. List goes on............the day this world makes sense to me - I will achieve nirvana......

 

[WhiteHighlights]

I can find good news as a subliminal message... It starts with a positive about vaping, includes a bit about giving cig smokers a chance to try an ecig with favorable results & ends with cost of cigarettes in $ and lives (my emphasis on the end). It even seems like BAT coming in is reasonable (ha ha).

Top of the page:

Opinion 11 Jul 2013
'Vaping' a healthier way for NZ
A positive policy for an intractable problem.
The Government should open the way for e-cigarettes, argues Murray Laugesen
...
Research
Two thirds would use e-cigarettes, if available, to quit or reduce smoking

Bottom of the page:

Given widespread intention to quit if price increases a range of policies and products is needed to assist smokers to make their intentions come true.

A law phasing out cigarette sales can save 4000 lives and $22 billion annually