New Zealand passes historic bill to ban smoking for an entire generation

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As per current estimates, the numbers of adults smoking in the country are now at around eight percent. The bill aims to reduce this to less than five percent by 2025.

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New Zealand passes historic bill to ban smoking for an entire generation

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BY AMEYA PALEJA

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The New Zealand Parliament has now passed a law banning smoking for anyone born after 2008.

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This law is aimed to reduce the number of smokers in the country to five percent by 2025 and eventually eliminate the practice.

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As per numbers released by the New Zealand government, smoking kills about 5,000 people on the island every year and is the top cause of preventable death.

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Dr. Jenna Crowe-Riddell

The government now intends to reduce smoking to such an extent that an entire generation cannot take up smoking in the country.

As per current estimates, the numbers of adults smoking in the country are now at around eight percent. The bill aims to reduce this to less than five percent by 2025.

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Furthermore, the bill also has provisions to severely limit the number of retailers selling tobacco products in the country.

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The bill also aims to reduce the nicotine levels in products to non-addictive levels.

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The law aims to make cigarettes less addictive, harder to purchase, and permanently unavailable to anyone who is 14 years old or younger.

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