| Smokefree law provisions | Came into effect |
Smokefree indoor workplaces – all offices, warehouses, factories, work vehicles, etc
Smokefree licensed premises/hospitality venues indoors – bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants, cafes, casinos, gaming venues
 | 10 December 2004 |
100 percent smokefree schools and early childhood centres (indoors and grounds, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
 | 1 January 2004 |
Under 18 limits: Prohibition against under-18 supply (in public) of tobacco products (including offence provisions)
Prohibition against under-18 sale of toy cigarettes, tobacco and herbal smoking products (including offence provisions) 
 | 10 December 2003 |
Public notice (sign) for herbal product sellers stating that under-18 sale of herbal smoking product is banned and technical changes to discount/reduced charge provisions
 | 10 December 2003 |
Requirements on tobacco manufacturers and importers to test products and provide annual returns may require more detail by brand breakdown in any future regulations
 | 1 February 2004 (fixed date)/enforced from date in regulations |
Director-General of Health is required to ensure returns and reports are publicly available on a website (note, this applies to 2004 returns and reports, which will not be received by the Ministry until 2005)
 | 1 February 2004 |
Limited enforcement powers for smokefree officers
 | 10 March 2004 |
Repeat offenders (of under-18 sale offences) may be ordered by the courts not to sell any tobacco products for up to three months
 | 10 March 2004 |
Restrictions on retail display of tobacco products – max. 100 packages/40 cartons, 2 per type limit, no counter displays, no display near children’s products, no co-packaging etc
 | 10 December 2004 |
Restriction on the use of automatic vending machines
 | 10 December 2004 |
Tobacco product controls: labelling and health messages must comply with any future regulations (list/quantity of harmful constituents, pictorial health warnings, leaflet/info in packages etc); and Director-General of Health may require future testing of tobacco product constituents
 | 10 December 2004 (enforced from date in regulations) |
Herbal smoking products can be included in future in regulations for labelling, health message and annual testing requirements
 | 10 December 2004 (enforced from date in regulations) |
Requirements on manufacturers and importers to meet prescribed limits on harmful constituents in smoking products may also apply to herbal smoking products in any future regulations | 1 February 2005 (enforced from date in regulations) |