New Zealand's plan to repeal what would have been some of the world's toughest tobacco laws has attracted widespread criticism from health experts.
The country's new centre-right coalition will scrap the laws introduced by former prime minister Jacinda Ardern, according to coalition agreements published on Friday.
The raft of measures, which were meant to begin from July 2024, would have seen bans on selling tobacco to anyone born after January 1, 2009.
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The country's new centre-right coalition will scrap the laws introduced by former prime minister Jacinda Ardern, according to coalition agreements published on Friday.
The raft of measures, which were meant to begin from July 2024, would have seen bans on selling tobacco to anyone born after January 1, 2009.
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Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/new-zealand-scraps-world-first-smoking-ban/103157484
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