Caption:Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has repeatedly claimed smokefree measures under the previous government would drive up retail crime.Photo credit:RNZ / Angus DreaverOfficials told Health Minister Shane Reti the smokefree law being repealed was expected to reduce the overall risk of crime. But he and Prime Minister Luxon repeatedly told the public the opposite.RNZ/Nick MonroLabour’s health spokeswoman Ayesha Verrall says the government came up empty-handed in a search for evidence to support political claims about smokefree legislation.RNZ / Angus Dreaver
