National Drug Policy New Zealand

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Options for the Regulation of Tobacco Products

Date of publication: Aug 2004

This report presents the findings of a review undertaken for the Ministry of Health. It identifies policy issues concerning tobacco product modification, tobacco product labelling and marketing, regulation of product descriptors and tobacco product disclosure.

The report reviews international literature and legislation and considers existing and possible future legislative provisions in New Zealand. It takes into account the implications of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the work of the World Health Organization's Scientific Advisory Committee on Tobacco (SACTob).

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