Editor’s Note: It’s difficult to understand how this regulatory decision benefits anyone other than tobacco traffickers, the ones who sell cigarettes to kids.
From: Otago Daily Times
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The ministry has now clarified its position and says that while the battery-powered holder is legal, the tobacco sticks, called Heets, are not, because the tobacco in them is heated as opposed to burnt.
”In our view, Heets products are prohibited for sale in New Zealand under the Smoke-free Environments Act.”
