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Yet this has been the approach taken to date in New Zealand

The co-director of ASPIRE2025, Prof Janet Hoek from the University of Otago, said today the plain packaging policy represented a major step forward in protecting young people from smoking initiation

New Zealand is joining a handful of other countries in introducing plain packaging for cigarettes

In just six years the country's excise tax take has gone down from $16.3 billion to $4.1b and that downward trajectory is set to continue, even though the smoking rates have not decreased

He says it is out of control in Australia, but so far New Zealand has made the right moves and has staved off the problem until now

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