Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act
New Zealand Parliament
Long title An Act — (a) To reduce the exposure of people who do not themselves smoke to any detrimental effect on their health caused by smoking by others; and (b) To regulate the marketing, advertising, and promotion of tobacco products, whether directly or through the sponsoring of other products, services, or events; and (c) To monitor and regulate the presence of harmful constituents in tobacco products and tobacco smoke; and (d) To establish a Health Sponsorship Council
Royal assent	28 August 1990
Amended by
Smokefree Environments Amendment Act 2003
Status: Amended

The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 (originally the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990) is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand. The Act placed smoking restrictions on indoor spaces, banned smoking on public transport and established the Health Sponsorship Council. The bill was introduced by Helen Clark, then Minister of Health and later Prime Minister. Clark would later refer to the law as "one of my proudest achievements as a politician". It was amended by the Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 2003, which completely eliminated smoking in workspaces, and again by the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020, which renamed the Act and brought it "up to date".

See also

• Smoking in New Zealand

External links

• Text of the Act
• Ministry of Health - Smokefree Law in New Zealand