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Associate health minister Casey Costello has labelled New Zealand's recent plummet in global tobacco control as "ridiculous" and "ludicrous".
It comes after the country plummeted from second in the world in 2023 to 53rd in the 2025 Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index.
The main factors damaging New Zealand's standing are the repeal of the smokefree generation laws, the tax break benefiting tobacco giant Philip Morris and th
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