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Smoking: New Zealand is gradually banning cigarettes for posterity

  • James Gregory
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Those born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products

New Zealand will phase in a quasi-tobacco ban from next year.

The legislation, approved by Parliament on Tuesday, means that anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products.

This means that the number of people able to buy tobacco will decrease every year. By 2050, for example, it will no longer be possible for people in their forties to buy cigarettes.

Health Minister Aisha Ferral, who presented the bill, said it was a step “towards a smoke-free future”.

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