Smoking ban New Zealand

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New Zealand abandons world's first 'generational smoking ban' (Globalnews.ca)

The legislation as proposed would have banned the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008, and was approved by New Zealand's previous government last ...

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New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts criticise new ... (BBC News)

The legislation, introduced under the previous Jacinda Ardern-led government, would have banned cigarette sales next year to anyone born after 2008. Smoking is ...

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New Zealand's new government plans to roll back cigarette ban as it ... (NPR)

Prime Minister Chris Luxon was sworn in on Monday — and strict anti-smoking laws are set to become a casualty of the compromises needed to form a governing ...

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New Zealand Scraps the World's First Generational Smoking Ban ... (TIME)

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his decision to repeal the tobacco restrictions before they ever came into effect.

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Incoming New Zealand govt to abandon anti-smoking laws (FRANCE 24)

New Zealand's incoming conservative government will jettison world-leading measures to stub out smoking, new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed ...

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Newly Elected New Zealand Government Tosses Out Smoking Ban ... (HuffPost)

The country's plan inspired the introduction of similar tobacco restrictions in England by U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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New Zealand government scraps world-first smoking ban (ABC News)

The generational ban, which would have stopped anyone born after 2009 buying tobacco, has been ditched by New Zealand's new government.

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Doctors warn of New Zealand health tragedy after smoking ban ... (FRANCE 24)

Doctors blasted New Zealand's conservative government on Tuesday for revoking world-leading anti-smoking laws, warning that people will die over the act of ...

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Groundbreaking smoking ban abandoned in New Zealand's swing ... (The Washington Post)

The new government halted a plan to outlaw smoking, a move critics call “a huge win for the tobacco industry” and “an act of idiocy” for public health.

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