Ending duty-free tobacco sales would be good for health – and health budgets

Janet Hoek; J Robert Branston; Phil Gendall

doi:10.64628/AA.nrry7csxt

Ending duty-free tobacco sales would be good for health – and health budgets

Janet Hoek, J Robert Branston Phil Gendall

The conversation

27/01/2026

: https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.nrry7csxt

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/50059

New Zealand

tobacco

GST

health

duty-free

excise tax

health budgets

Smokefree New Zealand

Until recently, Aotearoa New Zealand led global tobacco control innovation. Evidence-based policies, including sustained tobacco excise tax increases, saw large reductions in smoking rates, which will save thousands of lives. Yet duty-free tobacco sales remain a curious anomaly and contradict efforts to reduce smoking prevalence.

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https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.nrry7csxt

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: Ending duty-free tobacco sales would be good for health – and health budgets
: Janet Hoek
J Robert Branston
Phil Gendall
: Public Health (UOW)
: The conversation
: The Conversation Media Group Ltd
: 27/01/2026
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