NEW Zealand is to become the first country in the world to ban young people from buying cigarettes in a scheme to eventually make the whole nation smoke-free.
Youngsters aged 14 and under in 2027 will never be allowed to purchase cigarettes in their lifetime.
And the age limit will be increased each year from then on until smoking becomes illegal for the Pacific country’s entire five million-strong population.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's health chiefs drew up the radical new laws in a bid to draw a line under the fag health menace linked to cancer and heart disease.
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New Zealand to become first country to ban cigarettes for future generations in bid to go totally smoke-free
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