This bill is about taking urgent action on stopping the leading cause of preventable death in Aotearoa. This bill enables regulations that are appropriate for a product that will kill half the people that use it. This bill responds to the ambitious goals set by the Māori Affairs Committee for Aotearoa to be smoke-free by 2025. Unless we pass this bill, it will take decades for Māori to reach the smoke-free target of less of 5 percent of people being daily smokers, whereas Pākehā are currently on track to being smoke-free by 2025.