Does framing the heated tobacco product (HTP) excise cut as a 'trial' stand up to scrutiny?

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Richard Edwards and Anaru Waa from ASPIRE Aotearoa and Chris Bullen from the University of Auckland had a Newsroom article published dissecting whether Minister Costello's and the Prime Minister's claims that the recent heated tobacco product (HTP) excise cut is a 'trial' stands up to scrutiny. You can read it here: https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/07/the-heated-tobacco-products-excise-cut-a-trial-but-not-as-we-know-it/