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[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] A Country That Bans Vaping Just Busted $2 Million Worth of Products

Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com

Acting on a tip-off, officers from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) inspected an industrial storage facility located north, towards the border with Malaysia. They discovered 10,057 vapes, 48,822 e-vaporiser components, and large quantities of vape juice.

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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] 'She was in a lot of pain': Call for ban on flavoured vapes popular with young Australians

Read: 7/9/2021 www.9news.com.au

Lung Foundation Australia wants action on the sale of vapes, also known as e-cigarettes, which are largely unregulated but, with colourful packaging and fruity flavours, mostly aimed at young people.

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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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