Local dairy representatives say the SmokeFree 2025 Bill could wipe out the industry following an already challenging year.
The bill, introduced in June this year, has passed into law (Royal Assent on 16 December), and will restrict the number of tobacco retailers.
The government wants a smoke-free generation, and aims to prevent young people born on or after 1 January 2009 from ever taking up smoking.
Small businesses and dairies are now wanting to fight the bill.
Where there is demand, there will be supply. That is how any economy, legal or illegal, works.