09-12-2021, 07:16 PM
As quoted from News Hub
Future generations of Kiwis will be banned from buying cigarettes in New Zealand - those who are 13 years old right now are likely to be our last smokers.
Those aged 14 years and under when the law comes into force - likely 2023 - will never be able to buy smokes.
The number of places allowed to sell tobacco will be slashed from about 8000 to just 500.
Should the Government tell people how to live their lives?
Then what about all the overseas visitors especially the Chinese that smoke like trains will they want to come to a country where you cant get smokes from the local dairy?
Future generations of Kiwis will be banned from buying cigarettes in New Zealand - those who are 13 years old right now are likely to be our last smokers.
Those aged 14 years and under when the law comes into force - likely 2023 - will never be able to buy smokes.
The number of places allowed to sell tobacco will be slashed from about 8000 to just 500.
Should the Government tell people how to live their lives?
Then what about all the overseas visitors especially the Chinese that smoke like trains will they want to come to a country where you cant get smokes from the local dairy?
Despite the high cost of living it remains popular