Abstract
A cache of thousands of documents released following lawsuits against American vaping company JUUL raises important questions about the influence tobacco and vaping companies have exerted on public health policy in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In this Briefing, we examine key JUUL documents and consider evidence suggesting the New Zealand First party has engaged inappropriately with tobacco companies. We conclude that the Prime Minister should launch an independent public inquiry into the tobacco industry’s influence on public health policy and strengthen regulation of corporate lobbying to end tobacco companies’ ability to influence public health policy.