Source: newswire.co.nz
Date: 2010-02-23
Author: Chris Armstrong,

NEW ZEALAND is importing less tobacco as the surge in numbers
trying to quit continues.

A report released by Statistics New Zealand shows a drop in the
available tobacco products for the year ending December 2009.

The number of cigarettes available for consumption in the year
dropped by 4.5% to 2.4 billion, coinciding with a decline in the
volume of tobacco products, down 1.6% to 856 tonnes.