The New Zealand government announced Thursday plans to introduce a lifetime ban on the sale of cigarettes to young generations, as part of the country's goal to be "smokefree" by 2025.Under the plan, people aged 14 and below when the law comes into effect will never be able to purchase tobacco legally."We want to make sure young people never start smoking so we will make it an offense to sell or supply smoked tobacco products to new cohorts of youth," Associate Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall said in a statement."As they age, they and future generations will never be able to legally purch…READ FULL ARTICLE
