New Zealand’s new right-wing government has said it will repeal a law that would have gradually banned all cigarette sales in the country over the course of several decades.
It would have gradually introduced changes in retail cigarette sales and licensing over several years until tobacco could eventually no longer be legally sold in New Zealand.
By Jan. 1, 2027, the law would have made it illegal to sell tobacco products like cigarettes, to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, according to the government.
The law would then have gradually raised the smoking age, year by year, until it covered the entire population.
But last week, the new government said in published agreements between the three coalition partners that it would repeal the law, without explaining why.
Persons:
Jacinda Ardern
Locations:
New Zealand