UK beats NZ to world-first generational cigarette sales ban
• June 4, 2026
NZ has abandoned its proposed generational cigarette ban. Image: screenshot
WATCH: New Zealand’s generational ban on tobacco sales, which was part of reaching our Smokefree 2025 target, was scrapped by the coalition Government in 2024. Now the United Kingdom has passed the first such law in the world.
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