It may be by design, but its certainly true that their personal emptiness, their need to fill that void inside, is the reason they are where they are

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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A scene with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in Todd Haynes Carol illustrates how Highsmith would spin out the hypnotic spell of that encounter