New Zealand to phase out smoking

I find these measures, aimed at stopping people from starting smoking, to be very interesting indeed.

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Anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime, under a law expected to be enacted next year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59589775

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New Zealand is determined to achieve a national goal of reducing its national smoking rate to 5% by 2025, with the aim of eventually eliminating it altogether.

Key to my not smoking for the last 6+ years has been a lack of opportunity since smoking has been banned in the UK in most public spaces. I'd support a similar law being brought in to stop people starting to smoke (though whether I'd feel the same about a similar law applied to alcohol is another matter entirely :o)

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