New Zealand has banned the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008 in a landmark attempt to eradicate smoking. 7NEWS
has banned the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008 in a landmark attempt to eradicate smoking.
“I hope New Zealand feels really proud of what’s happening here in parliament, the forward momentum on our smoke-free New Zealand goals and the smoke-free generation,” she said. “These measures ... will close the life expectancy gap for Maori women by 25 per cent and by 10 per cent for Maori men,” she said.The smoke-free goal was founded by a National-led government but the opposition centre-right party chose not to support the legislation on Tuesday.
Reti said the bill would close “corner dairies for the sake of virtue-signalling experimental initiatives”.
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