UK beats NZ to world-first generational cigarette sales ban

June 4, 2026

UK beats NZ to world-first generational cigarette sales ban

NZ has abandoned its proposed generational cigarette ban. Image: screenshot

WATCH: New Zealand’s generational ban on tobacco sales, which was part of reaching our Smokefree 2025 target, was scrapped by the coalition Government in 2024. Now the United Kingdom has passed the first such law in the world.

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