The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 (originally the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990) is an Act of Parliament in
New Zealand
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. The Act placed smoking restrictions on indoor spaces, banned smoking on public transport and established the
Health Sponsorship Council. The bill was introduced by
Helen Clark
Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008 and was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was ...
, then
Minister of Health and later Prime Minister. Clark would later refer to the law as "one of my proudest achievements as a politician". It was amended by the
Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 2003, which eliminated smoking in workspaces, by the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020, which renamed the Act and brought it "up to date",
and by the
Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022.
See also
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Smoking in New Zealand
References
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External links
Text of the ActMinistry of Health
– Smokefree Law in New Zealand
Statutes of New Zealand
Smoking in New Zealand
1990 in New Zealand law
Tobacco control