# New Zealand to completely outlaw smoking **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804 "2021-12-09T23:23:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804/227 "2024-02-29T21:39:05Z")
The British prime minister appears to be determined to press ahead with his version of this (though I doubt it will actually happen) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804/228 "2024-02-29T22:00:34Z")
Cigarexit. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804/229 "2024-02-29T22:07:33Z")
πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ And as @Mk_VII says, this isn’t likely to happen unless the government pushes it through before the election in which they are about to be thrashed. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804/230 "2024-05-24T18:11:06Z")
… and it now seems unlikely that the Bill will survive the pre-election washup. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804.md?page=9)