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- Health NZ signed a $500,000 contract with New Zealand-owned Alt NZ Limited to provide free vaping devices for smoking cessation.
- Since December, 7,290 devices and 67,750 pods have been distributed nationwide.
- Letitia Harding of the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation criticizes funding for unapproved vaping products over nicotine replacement therapies.
- Jonathan Deverey of the Vaping Industry Association says vaping reduced smoking rates since 2018 and is a safer alternative to tobacco.
