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If the world's biggest nanny state won't ban smoking, how does Rishi Sunak hope to? New Zealand ditched law introduced by Covid-queen Jacinda Ardern before it even took effect | Daily Mail

  • Writer: Reem Ibrahim
    Reem Ibrahim
  • Apr 17, 2024
  • 1 min read
Reem Ibrahim writes for the Daily Mail
Reem Ibrahim writes for the Daily Mail

Parliament last night voted to ban tobacco sales for anyone born on or after 1st January 2009, in a landmark move.


Rishi Sunak — the architect of Britain's hotly-contested policy — said the goal was to prevent tomorrow's children from taking up cigarettes, effectively creating a 'smoke-free' generation that kills off the tobacco industry for good.


But how on earth does he plan on enforcing it? Even the world's biggest nanny state, New Zealand, had to bin the very same proposal.


Read the full article in the Daily Mail here

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