New Zealand’s parliament has passed a new set of anti-smoking laws that bans the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009.
because it's a bad bill and its bad policy, it’s that straightforward and simple," said Brooke van Velden, ACT’s deputy leader. "There won't be better outcomes for New Zealanders."
A man vapes in a street in Auckland, New Zealand, on Dec. 9, 2021. New Zealand on Tuesday passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes. She said the gradual ban amounted to "nanny-state prohibition" that would end up creating a large black market. She said prohibition never worked and always ended with unintended consequences. Packs of Marlboro cigarettes are displayed for sale at a convenience store in Somerville, Massachusetts, on July 17, 2014. The law does not affect vaping, which has already become more popular than smoking in New Zealand.
Statistics New Zealand reported last month that 8% of New Zealand adults smoked daily, down from 16% 10 years ago. Meanwhile, 8.3% of adults vaped daily, up from less than 1% six years ago.
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