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New Zealand will ban the sale of tobacco to its next generation, in a bid to eventually phase out smoking.
Anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime.
Will reduce access to tobacco and restrict nicotine levels in cigarettes.
"It will help people quit or switch to less harmful products," - Janet Hook, Professor from the University of Otago.
New Zealand is determined to achieve a national goal of reducing its national smoking rate to 5% by 2025.
At the moment, 13% of New Zealand's adults smoke, with the rate much higher among the indigenous Maori population.
Smoking causes one in four cancers and remains the leading cause of preventable death for its five million strong population.
Introduced major tobacco controls, including restricting cigarettes from supermarkets and corner stores
Researchers found hazardous, cancer-causing agents in e-cigarette liquids as well.
But in 2017 the country adopted vaping as a pathway to help smokers quit tobacco.
