Smoking tobacco products kill approximately 4,500 to 5,000 people every year in New Zealand – that is around 12 to 13 deaths every day due to smoking or exposure to second-hand smoke. Since the Māori Affairs Committee’s Inquiry into the tobacco industry in Aotearoa and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori in 2010, more than 50,000 New Zealanders have died of smoking-related causes.

This action plan sets out the actions the New Zealand government will take over the next four years and beyond to achieve Smokefree Aotearoa 2025.