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NZ stubs out smoking, passing wide-ranging tobacco ban for future generations
Updated On: 13 December, 2022 09:40 PM IST | Wellington | AFP
Under legislation passed by parliament on Tuesday, cigarettes will be much weaker, more difficult to buy and permanently unavailable to anyone currently under 14 years old
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New Zealand will phase in a near-total tobacco ban from next year, prohibiting anyone born after 2008 from ever purchasing cigarettes and reducing the amount of nicotine in products sold in the meantime.
Under legislation passed by parliament on Tuesday, cigarettes will be much weaker, more difficult to buy and permanently unavailable to anyone currently under 14 years old.
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