On December 12, 2023, IASLC sent a letter to the New Zealand Prime Minister urging him to reconsider the New Zealand government’s plan to rescind the Aotearoa/New Zealand Tobacco Action Plan legislation. The laws that New Zealand has in place are a model for the world and will prevent many lung cancer cases and deaths that would otherwise occur as a result of smoking. Removing the existing laws for political pragmatism will lead to more lung cancers, as well as many other tobacco related illnesses, resulting in increased healthcare costs and the deaths of more New Zealanders, especially amongst the Māori population.

Read the IASLC letter to New Zealand, urging them to not rescind the Aotearoa/New Zealand Tobacco Action Plan legislation.