Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill (No 2

2.8 Updating Section 41 to more closely mirror restrictions in the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act would strike “in a public place” from Section 1 and add to Section 3 a defence of being a parent or guardian or having the permission of a parent or guardian (following 241(3)(a) and 241(3)(d) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act). [...] The government proposes to ban the vaping devices that pose the lowest risk while only allowing the sale of devices that introduce higher risks of user-error and consequent issues. [...] Auckland University will help us to establish a baseline for the illicit vape market and then monitor any changes over time.” 4.13 It is impossible to tell what proportion of adult ex-smoking vapers, faced with a ban on the vaping devices they prefer, would shift to the types of vaping devices that are not banned, the proportion that would shift back to smoking, and the proportion that would shift. [...] The Ministry instead will be limited to the kinds of notifications it can provide when adulterated illicit drugs are found to cause harm: issue general warnings about the characteristics of the products that seem potentially to have been the cause of the problem. [...] We support this aspect of the Bill and encourage consideration of the social supply framework in the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act to further strengthen existing restrictions on informal social supply of vapes to youths without their parents’ permission.