The world-first ban prohibits anyone born after Jan. 1, 2007, from ever buying, using or smoking tobacco.
The Maldives has become the first country in the world to impose a generational smoking ban, barring anyone born after Jan. 1, 2007, from ever smoking, purchasing or using tobacco.
“The ban applies to all forms of tobacco, and retailers are required to verify age prior to sale,” the health ministry said Saturday as the ban came into effect.
The step “makes the Maldives the first country in the world to enforce a nationwide generational tobacco ban,” it added.
Maybe I’m misremembering but didn’t Australia do something like this?
New Zealand and looks like they walked back on it
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/28/asia/new-zealand-smoking-ban-reversal-intl-hnk
Ah makes sense. I think the heart is in the right place for these sorts of bans but prohibition just doesn’t work. Tobacco usage is already way down since the 50s and that’s been because of education, not prohibition. Banning it just makes it seem cool again
Removed by the conservative government because they needed revenue to pay for their tax cuts for millionaires.
Yup, our shit-stain conservative govt rolled back one of the most popular policies in decades against the public desire, with legislation practically copied n pasted from tobacco industry lobbyists