Plain tobacco packaging Health, Dame Tariana Turia) approved plain packaging in principle, a move that tobacco companies said they would strenuously oppose. From July to October 2012 the Ministry of Health undertook a consultation which attracted over 20,000 submissions (including overseas submissions) from public health groups and also the tobacco industry. In February 2013 Government decided to proceed with legislative change in alignment with Australia. A Bill to require the plain packaging of tobacco products – the Smoke-free Environments (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Amendment Bill – was introduced on 17 December 2013. The Bill had its first reading on 11 February 2014. It was
Tobacco products mentions that it is "often used to clean teeth". The manufacturer recommends letting the paste linger in the mouth before rinsing. Dipping tobacco, also known as "dip", "moist snuff" (or simply "snuff"), "American moist snuff", or "spit tobacco", is a form of smokeless tobacco. (It should also be noted that the term "smokeless tobacco" itself is a broad one which, while generally referring to all tobacco products which do not require smoking (e.g. nasal snuff, chewing tobacco, snus, etc.), is popularly used to refer specifically to dipping tobacco.) Dip is sometimes also called "chew" or "chaw"; because of this, it