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Why New Zealand lifted landmark SMOKING ban putting Gen Alpha at risk?

The legislation, introduced under Jacinda Ardern, aimed to ban cigarette sales to young people born after 2008 New Zealand flip: Government faces backlash over lifting landmark smoking ban.—BBC/archive New Zealand’s newly elected government has sparked controversy by announcing its intention to overturn the country’s ground-breaking smoking ban, citing plans to use the money for tax cuts. The legislation, originally introduced under the previous Jacinda Ardern-led government, aimed to ban cigarette sales to people born after 2008, with the aim of curbing the country’s leading cause of preventable deaths. Health experts have strongly criticized the abrupt policy reversal, with Professor Richard