New Zealand is the second most expensive country in the world to buy a basket of vice goods, according to the annual Bloomberg Global Vice Index.
The index compares the costs of a weekly basket of six so-called vice goods including cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and opioids across more than 100 countries.
New Zealand was one of only three countries where the gross weekly cost exceeded US$1,000 ($1,369), according to Bloomberg.
At US$1,366.40, Japan came in as the most expensive, followed by New Zealand at US$1,241.60 and Australia in third at US$1,028.70.
By comparison, the same basket cost less than $100 in 21 mostly tropical countries, including the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Congo, Colombia, South Africa, Guatemala, Kenya and Myanmar.
