New Zealand, like Turkmenistan, wants to be non-smoking by 2025
New Zealand's parliament has passed legislation to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, RNZ radio reported on Tuesday. According to the RNZ, the law adopted in the third reading was "another step towards the goal of the government of Aotearoa (New Zealand) to make the country smoke-free by 2025."
It is reported that the new law reduces the permitted concentration of nicotine in tobacco products, cuts the number of outlets selling tobacco, in addition to the fact that those born after January 1, 2009 will not be allowed to buy tobacco for life.
“The number of outlets in the country that will sell tobacco will be reduced tenfold compared to the current six thousand,” New Zealand Deputy Minister of Health Aisha Werrall said on the radio. That is, by the end of next year, only 600 points of sale of tobacco products will remain in the country, she explained.
According to the RNZ, only 8% of the adult population in New Zealand now smoke daily, which is half as much as 10 years ago.
From the editors of ORIENT, we note that here the goals of New Zealand and Turkmenistan coincide. Turkmenistan has also set a date for the country to be declared a tobacco-free zone. Ashgabat believes that this will be possible by 2025.
When this material was being prepared, a message came that the State Duma of the Russian Federation proposed to ban the sale of cigarettes to those born after 2009, following the example of New Zealand. This proposal was made by Deputy of the State Duma Sultan Khamzaev. He positively assessed this measure and advocated the adoption of anti-tobacco legislation in Russia. At the same time, he noted that one should not expect an instant effect from this. In addition, the deputy stressed that an important task for the country would be to prevent the emergence of an alternative to tobacco. The parliamentarian is sure that such a method will lead to the fact that citizens, upon reaching the age of majority, will not be addicted to tobacco.
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