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The New Zealand Public Health Report: Enforcing the Law on Tobacco Sales to Minors
Date of publication:
Feb 1998
The Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 prohibits the sale of tobacco products to persons under 18 years of age.
In September 1996, the Ministry of Health began co-ordinating a programme of controlled purchase operations (CPOs), using under-age volunteers, to identify retailers illegally selling tobacco products to minors.
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This publication is available in PDF format.
The New Zealand Public Health Report: Enforcing the Law on Tobacco Sales to Minors (PDF, 25 KB)