编者按：两个至上特邀奥特罗亚电子烟社区宣导机构（AVCA）联合创始人Nancy Loucas，介绍新西兰电子烟产业及电子烟零售商店的最新信息。
“There are far too many convenience stores now also operating as licenced ‘Specialist Vape Retailers’. It makes a mockery of New Zealand’s vaping laws and so we’re pleased the Government is going to tidy up this unintended consequence,” says Nancy Loucas, co-founder of Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy (AVCA).
“现在有太多的便利店同时作为特许的‘专业电子烟零售商’运营。这是对新西兰电子烟法律的嘲弄，因此我们很高兴政府将处理这一意外后果，”奥特罗亚电子烟社区宣导机构（AVCA）的联合创始人Nancy Loucas说。
Her comments follow Parliament’s first reading of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill, with submissions to the Health Select Committee closing on 24 August.
她的评论是在议会对《无烟环境和受管制产品（烟熏烟草）修正法案》进行阅读之后发表的，该法案于8月24日提交给健康专责委员会。
Since the 2020 vaping legislation was passed and subsequent regulations enacted, only licenced Specialist Vape Retailers (SVRs) can stock a full range of flavours. General retailers such as convenience stores are limited to selling just three flavours – mint, menthol, and tobacco. Many convenience stores have subsequently separated off part of their premises and registered that space as a SVR.
自2020年电子烟立法通过和随后的法规颁布以来，只有获得许可的专业电子烟零售商（SVR）才能囤货各种口味的电子烟。像便利店这样的普通零售商只能销售三种口味的薄荷、薄荷醇和烟草。许多便利店随后将其部分营业场所分开，并将该空间注册为SVR。
Ms Loucas: “There is no reason anyone should have a plywood box in their convenience store and be licenced as a Specialist Vape Retailer. It's illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to be in a SVR, so how come this ‘hybrid’ has become rather rampant all over Aotearoa?”
Loucas女士：“任何人都没有理由在便利店里放一个胶合板盒子，并获得专业电子烟零售商的许可。任何18岁以下的人在SVR里都是非法的，所以为什么这种‘混合’在奥特罗亚变得相当猖獗？”
Not only has this practice seen the number of SVRs in New Zealand soar over the past two years, but it has contributed to the illegal selling of vaping products to minors which AVCA has called on the authorities to get tough on. These supposed SVRs are also not manned by trained vape retailers.
这种做法不仅使新西兰的SVR数量在过去两年中激增，而且还助长了向未成年人非法销售电子烟产品的行为，AVCA呼吁当局采取严厉措施。这些所谓的SVR也不像的电子烟零售商一样训练有素。
“I’ve entered one of these ‘hybrid’ places and asked simple questions, but they were unable to assist. Questions like ‘what is the difference between 30mg and 50mg’ and ‘what is the best system for me to use if I smoke two packs of Holiday per day?’ They had no idea. They are not equipped to handle helping people switch to safer nicotine products at all,” she says.
她说：“我进入了这些‘混合’场所，问了一些简单的问题，但他们无法提供帮助。比如‘30毫克和50毫克之间有什么区别？’以及‘如果我每天抽两包烟，我最好使用什么系统？’他们不知道。他们根本没有能力帮助人们转向更安全的尼古丁产品。”。
The Government’s bill limits the number of retailers able to sell smoked tobacco products, prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone born in 2009 or after, and aims to make tobacco products less appealing and addictive.
政府的法案限制了能够销售烟熏烟草产品的零售商数量，禁止向2009年或之后出生的任何人销售烟草产品，并旨在降低烟草产品的吸引力和成瘾性。
It also proposes that general retailers, such as convenience stores, must now also notify the Director-General of Health that they are selling or distributing vape products.
它还建议，便利店等一般零售商现在也必须通知卫生署署长，他们正在销售或分销电子烟产品。
What’s more, approval to become a SVR will only be given if the retail premise seeking a licence is a fixed permanent structure, is appropriate to operate as a stand-alone business, and 70% of its total sales are vaping products - or 60% if the lower threshold criteria is strictly met.
此外，只有在寻求许可证的零售场所是固定的永久性结构、适合作为独立业务运营，且其总销售额的70%是电子烟产品的情况下，才会批准成为SVR，——如果严格满足较低的门槛标准，则为60%。
“Despite being key to New Zealand’s smoking rate halving within a decade and saving thousands of lives, vaping continues to get plenty of negative media coverage. Tidying up the 2020 vaping legislation will help reduce access to minors and ensure smokers keen to switch receive better advice,” says Nancy Loucas.
Nancy Loucas说：“尽管电子烟是新西兰在十年内将吸烟率降低一半，并挽救数千人生命，但它仍然受到媒体的大量负面报道。整理2020年的电子烟立法将有助于减少接触未成年人的机会，并确保热衷于吸烟的人得到更好的建议。”
About AVCA
AVCA was formed in 2016 by vapers across New Zealand wanting their voices heard in local and central government. All members are former smokers who promote vaping to help smokers quit - a much less harmful alternative to combustible tobacco products. AVCA does not have any affiliation or vested interest in industry - tobacco, pharmaceutical and/or the local vaping manufacturing or retail sectors.
关于AVCA
AVCA由新西兰各地的电子烟使用者于2016年成立，希望新西兰地方和中央政府听到他们的声音。所有成员都是前吸烟者。AVCA在烟草、制药和当地电子烟制造或零售行业没有任何关联或既得利益。
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