Under the proposed legislation that is expected to be put before Parliament early next year, anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime.
"We want to make sure young people never start smoking," said Ayesha Verrall, New Zealand's associate health minister, when announcing the implementation of the government's Smokefree 2025 Action Plan last week.
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