[Link] New Zealand to ban smoking for next generation in bid to outlaw habit by 2025

Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

New Zealand has announced it will outlaw smoking for the next generation, so that those who are aged 14 and under today will never be legally able to buy tobacco.

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[Link] Australian governments urged to set a date to ban cigarette retail sales

Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Governments must set a date for banning the sale of cigarettes through retailers including supermarkets, and find new ways of boosting revenue without relying on tobacco excise taxes, leading public health researchers say.

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[Link] Advocates say it's 'safer than smoking', but researchers find 'suite' of harmful chemicals in vaping products

Read: 11/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

They are flavoured, colourful and popular with teenagers, but new Australian research is discovering mounting evidence that vapes are also unsafe to use.

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[Link] Tobacco firm Philip Morris calls for ban on cigarettes within decade

Read: 26/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

The chief executive of tobacco business Philip Morris International has called on the UK government to ban cigarettes within a decade, in a move that would outlaw its own Marlboro brand.

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