New Zealand is today repealing what would have been a world-first ban on young people ever being able to buy cigarettes. The law, due to come into effect in July, would have prevented anyone born after 1 January 2009 from buying tobacco products.

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New Zealand repeals world-first smoking ban passed by Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could die as a result. Set to take effect from July, the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the world would have banned sales to those born after Jan. 1, 2009, cut nicotine content in smoked tobacco products and reduced the number of tobacco retailers by more tha…

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New Zealand Set To Scrap World's First Law Banning Tobacco Sales

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -     New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could die as a result. Read full story

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WELLINGTON - New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could die as a result. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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The New Zealand government has announced its intention to revoke a groundbreaking law that would have prohibited tobacco sales for future generations, a move set to take effect from July.

Set to take effect from July, the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the world would have banned sales to those born after January 1, 2009, cut nicotine content in smoked tobacco products and reduced the number of tobacco retailers by more than 90 per cent.

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The law, due to come into effect in July, would have prevented anyone born after 1 January 2009 from buying tobacco products.

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New Zealand repeals world-first ban on young people ever being able to buy cigarettes

Why the wait to reduce tobacco sales premises, Janet Hoek asks. Government spokespeople have failed to provide evidence or logic to justify their...

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The National Party-led coalition faces criticism from health providers after repealing pioneering smoke-free legislation introduced by New Zealand’s previous Labour government.
The Coalition proposed the repeal during their campaign for the 2023 general election and it has materialised as part of the 100-day plan introduced by Prime Minister Chris Luxon. The government confirmed on Feb. 27, the changes would be repealed as a matter of urgency, m…

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NZ Government Repeals Changes to Tobacco Ban

It is official. New Zealand will repeal, next Tuesday, the law that banned the sale of tobacco to future generations and which would come into force in July of this year. The information was advanced by the government, according to Reuters. The pioneering law at the global level, let's remember, would ban the sale of tobacco to people born after January 1, 2009. In addition, it also provided for the reduction of nicotine content in tobacco and t…

É mesmo oficial. A Nova Zelândia vai revogar, na próxima terça-feira, a lei que proibia a venda de tabaco às gerações futuras e que entraria em vigor já em julho deste ano. A informação foi avançada pelo governo, segundo noticia a Reuters.   A lei pioneira a nível mundial, recorde-se, ia proibir a venda de tabaco  a pessoas nascidas depois de 1 de janeiro de 2009. Além disso, previa também a redução do teor de nicotina no tabaco e a redução do n…

Nova Zelândia vai mesmo revogar lei que proíbe gerações futuras de fumar

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New Zealand's conservative government has scrapped the drastic anti-tobacco laws of the leftist previous government to the horror of public health experts. The coalition led by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon repealed the legislation package in the early hours of Thursday. The government, which also includes the populist party NZ First, had already announced a corresponding plan shortly after taking office in November last year. With this step,…

Neuseelands konservative Regierung hat zum Entsetzen von Gesundheitsexperten die drastischen Anti-Tabak-Gesetze der linken Vorgängerregierung gekippt. Die Koalition unter Führung von Ministerpräsident Christopher Luxon hob das Gesetzespaket in der Nacht zum Donnerstag im Eilverfahren auf. Die Regierung, der auch die populistische Partei NZ First angehört, hatte einen entsprechenden Plan bereits kurz nach ihrem Amtsantritt im vergangenen November…

New Zealand repeals world-first ban on young people ever being able to buy cigarettes

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