The rise in vaping rates among Maori and Pacific Peoples has far outpaced the increase in vaping among other ethnic groups in Aotearoa New Zealand, with 27.7% of Maori and 21.7% of Pacific peoples reporting current vape use in 2022/23.[xxviii] This is a significant increase since the legalisation of vaping in Aotearoa New Zealand, with the proportion of Maori and Pacific peoples who were daily vapers more than quadrupling between 2019/20 and 2022/23, compared to overall vaping rates which doubled over the same period.[xxix] Between 2018/19 and 2022/23, the current adult smoking rate among Maori dropped from 33.4% to 20.2%.[xxx] More striking is the sudden drop in smoking rates among Pacific Peoples, with the number of current smokers in this community more than halving between 2018/19 and 2022/23, dropping from 24.7% to 10.3%.[xxxi] What has been the role of government in regulating safer nicotine products and vaping in particular
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