one of the toughest approaches in the world to curbing smoking deaths as part of a wider plan that focuses on the disproportionate impact on its indigenous Maori population.
That means a person aged 60 in 2073 will be banned from buying cigarettes, while a person aged 61 would be allowed to do so.New Zealand health authorities say smokers typically take up the habit during youth, with four in five New Zealanders who smoke beginning by age 18 and 96 per cent by age 25. It will then lower the level of nicotine - the most addictive ingredient - in cigarettes from 2025, to make them easier to quit. Finally, it will bring in the"smoke-free" generation from 2027.The New Zealand authorities have not said how they plan to police the ban, nor which retailers would be barred from selling tobacco products.
I thought New Zealand boycott Winter Olympic due to Human rights ? Soon there be no human rights to smoke freely in New Zealand LOL , talking about Human rights
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