New Zealand enacts law to create world's 1st smoke-free generation

New Zealand on Tuesday legislated the world's first lifetime ban on the sale of cigarettes to young generations, a milestone in the Pacific country's ambitious pursuit to make it "smoke-free" by 2025.Under the new legislation, people born in 2009 or after will never be able to purchase tobacco legally in their lifetime, as the legal smoking age will rise every year from 18."Today will go down in history as the day the government guaranteed a healthier, smoke-free future for the next generation of New Zealanders," Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said in a press release.The legislati…READ FULL ARTICLE