New Zealand to Axe Smoking Ban for Those Born After 2009

Published on November 28, 2023

New Zealand will now reverse a “world first” generational smoking ban that would have prevented the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2009. The new tri-party coalition government will repeal legislation introduced by the Ardern Labour government that banned smoking for the youngest generation of Kiwis. The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act (pdf), which came into force in January 2023, banned the sale of tobacco to those born after Jan 1, 2009. Back in Dec. 2021, when the plan was first announced, then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, “We are very focused in this plan on stopping people from taking up smoking in the first place.”...

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