The law says that tobacco cannot ever be sold to anybody born on or after 1 January 2009.
Image: Shutterstock NEW ZEALAND HAS passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes.In theory, somebody trying to buy a pack of cigarettes 50 years from now would need ID to show they were at least 63 years old.
The new law also reduces the number of retailers allowed to sell tobacco from about 6,000 to 600, and decreases the amount of nicotine allowed in tobacco that is smoked. She said the bill would create generational change and leave a legacy of better health for young people.The libertarian ACT party, which opposed the bill, said many small corner stores would go out of business because they would no longer be able to sell cigarettes.
Statistics New Zealand reported last month that 8% of New Zealand adults smoked daily, down from 16% 10 years ago.Smoking rates remain higher among Indigenous Maori, with about 20% reporting they smoked.
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