New Zealand’s world-first law to ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes may have provided the blueprint for measures announced this week by Rishi Sunak, but while New Zealand’s public health officials have applauded the ban, opposition groups – some backed by big tobacco – are hoping to curb the changes.
In his speech to the Tory conference on Wednesday, Sunak announced his government aims to raise the smoking age by one year, every year, meaning a 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette.
