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New Zealand’s world first laws effectively ban smoking in the future

New Zealand has banned the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008, prompting Australian anti-smoking advocates to renew their calls for Australia to follow suit.

The New Zealand Parliament passed the laws late on Tuesday. It will be illegal for anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, to buy cigarettes.

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