2 Dec 2025

Push to legalise oral nicotine pouches

From Morning Report, 8:15 am on 2 December 2025

With the country set to miss its Smokefree 2025 target, the government is exploring legalising oral nicotine pouches. Professor Janet Hoek is co-director at ASPIRE Aotearoa, a University of Otago research centre, and spoke to Corin Dann.