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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maroosha Muzaffar

New Zealand smoking ban U-turn could be first of many steps to demolish Jacinda Ardern’s legacy

AP

New Zealand‘s decision to reverse its landmark generational smoking ban to fund tax cuts could be just the first step of many by the new conservative coalition government to chip away at Jacinda Ardern’s progressive legacy.

The smoking ban, passed last year by the Labour government, stated that anyone born after 1 January 2009 would never be able to buy tobacco, with the age limit to purchase cigarettes rising by a year every 12 months.

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