Maybe NZ has socialized healthcare? In which case you need to relinquish "personal liberties" to access medical resources.
In general, I don't support these kinds of things. I just think vices are something humans have pursued in general and will continue to pursue regardless of government control. It's just cost of being in a society. Education can help and has helped greatly reduce smoking along with policies restricting where one can smoke.
Any sort of prohibition creates a very wealthy "criminal class" who are adept at covering the gaps. And now the government will spend way more money trying to bring that "criminal class" down.
In general, I don't support these kinds of things. I just think vices are something humans have pursued in general and will continue to pursue regardless of government control. It's just cost of being in a society. Education can help and has helped greatly reduce smoking along with policies restricting where one can smoke.
Any sort of prohibition creates a very wealthy "criminal class" who are adept at covering the gaps. And now the government will spend way more money trying to bring that "criminal class" down.