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New Zealand passes legislation banning cigarettes for future generations
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New Zealand will phase in a near-total tobacco ban from next year.
Legislation passed by parliament on Tuesday means that anyone born after 2008 will never be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products.
It will mean the number of people able to buy tobacco will shrink each year. By 2050, for example, 40-year-olds will be too young to buy cigarettes.
Health Minister Ayesha Verrall, who introduced the bill, said it was a step "towards a smoke-free future".
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2Great. You just brought back a previously repressed memory of my brother's dodgy goth flatmate who said if I went up the shops for her and got her some smokes, she would "show [me her] spadger."
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Submission Statement:
From the article:
"New Zealand will phase in a near-total tobacco ban from next year.
Legislation passed by parliament on Tuesday means that anyone born after 2008 will never be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products.
It will mean the number of people able to buy tobacco will shrink each year. By 2050, for example, 40-year-olds will be too young to buy cigarettes.
Health Minister Ayesha Verrall, who introduced the bill, said it was a step "towards a smoke-free future". -----—------------
New Zealand already has a very low smoking rate of 8% of all adults. It is hoped to get to 5% by 2025 with the aim of eliminating it altogether.
Travelled to New Zealand a few years ago, and was shocked a single pack cost 20 dollars. They did something brilliant - instead of incremental price increases like everywhere else that only succeed in making smokers complain while reaching for their wallet, they doubled prices overnight. That shock caused a huge drop in smoking rates. New Zealand is all in on a smoke free future.
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