28 Mar 2019

Health groups urge bold action for Smokefree 2025

From Morning Report, 8:41 am on 28 March 2019

Anti-smoking groups are hoping the government will be bold as it figures out how meet the goal of making New Zealand smokefree by 2025. On current trends the target set by the National-led government in 2011 won't be reached until 2050. With 5000 people a year dying from smoking-related diseases, they say that's too slow. Our political reporter John Gerritsen reports.