“Whanganui has banned vaping in public places, despite the Government recently moving to legalise the alternative to smoking cigarettes. All council-run events and facilities are now both smokefree and vape-free. Associate Health Minister Nicky Wagner announced in March that vape liquid containing nicotine would be legalised for sale likely by the end of next year. “Scientific evidence on the safety of e-cigarettes is still developing but there’s a general consensus that vaping is much less harmful than smoking,” she said at the time.”
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