Saturday, April 17, 2021

An end to cigarettes? New Zealand aims to create smoke-free generation

What kind of a Big Government crusade is this? This is government paternalism! Prohibition again? Horrible! Will alcohol be next?

The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, claims she is a Labour Party progressive. This is pretty regressive and oppressive!

"New Zealand has announced a suite of proposals aimed at outlawing smoking for the next generation and moving the country closer to its goal of being smoke-free by 2025.

The plans include the gradual increase of the legal smoking age, which could extend to a ban on the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products to anyone born after 2004, making smoking effectively illegal for that generation. ..."

An end to cigarettes? New Zealand aims to create smoke-free generation | New Zealand | The Guardian Proposals include making sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2004 illegal

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