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NEW Zealand is to become the first country in the world to ban young people from buying cigarettes in a scheme to eventually make the whole nation smoke-free. Youngsters aged 14 and under in 2027 will never be allowed to purchase cigarettes in their lifetime.... 2 Jacinda Ardern's health chiefs drew up the radical new laws Credit: Getty And the age limit will be increased each year from then on until smoking becomes illegal for the Pacific country’s entire five million-strong population. Prime

But it would gradually raise the smoking age, year by year, until it covers the entire population. Starting in 2023, anyone under age 15 would be barred for life from buying cigarettes.... Ayesha Verrall, the country’s associate health minister, said in Parliament on Thursday.... A pack in New Zealand costs about 30 New Zealand dollars, or a little over$ 20, second only to neighboring Australia, where wages are considerably higher.Dr....

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OPINIONLabour's vaping ban may just drive up smoking rates( Image: Getty) It is safe to say we’re at a point in time where the British public understands the harms of smoking and we’ve heard successive Governments bang the drum for a smoke-free Britain by 2030.... But far from building on this, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill may well undermine any progress we’ve made so far. Smoking is naturally in decline.... In fact, Action on Smoking Health shows that around three million smokers have quit as a