New Zealand Places Lifetime Tobacco Ban on Young People in World-1st Law

New Zealand has approved historic legislation that bans young people from buying tobacco for life toward the goal of making the country “smoke-free” by 2025.
Under the law, New Zealanders born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, will never be able to legally purchase cigarettes.
The legislation accelerates the progress toward a smoke-free and healthier future for the next generation, Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said.
“Thousands of people will live longer, healthier lives, and the health system will be $5 billion (US$3.2 billion) better off from not needing to treat the illnesses caused by smoking, such as numerous types of cancer, heart attacks, strokes, amputations,” she said….