Country introduces smoking ban for anyone born after Jan. 2007

Anybody residing within the Maldives born after January 1, 2007 could possibly be affected by the first-ever smoking ban.

On November 1, a brand new legislation – proposed earlier this yr by the nation’s president, Mohamed Muizzu – got here into impact within the nation, banning a complete technology from smoking, shopping for or utilizing tobacco.

In a press launch, the Ministry of Well being known as it a “historic milestone within the nation’s efforts to guard public well being and promote a tobacco-free technology.”

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The ban applies to all types of tobacco and retailers are required to confirm the age of customers earlier than promoting something.

The Maldives additionally maintains an entire ban on the import, sale, distribution, possession and use of digital cigarettes and vaping merchandise, no matter age.

Authorities within the Maldives say the measure marks a “historic milestone” for public well being. (iStock)

“The generational ban on tobacco displays the federal government’s robust dedication to defending younger folks from the harms of tobacco,” the ministry added within the assertion.

The World Well being Group has known as tobacco use an “epidemic” and “one of many best public well being threats the world has ever confronted.”

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WHO knowledge reveals that tobacco use is answerable for greater than seven million deaths yearly, in addition to incapacity and long-term affected by tobacco-related ailments.

The brand new legislation bans anybody born after January 1, 2007 from buying or utilizing tobacco merchandise. (iStock)

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“All types of tobacco use are dangerous and there’s no protected degree of tobacco publicity,” the company mentioned.

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The group added that cigarette smoking is the most typical type of tobacco use worldwide.

The legislation provides to current restrictions on e-cigarettes and vaping merchandise. (iStock)

The Maldives is the primary nation to make a generational smoking ban a actuality, though New Zealand has proposed a ban that may have banned the sale of tobacco to these born after January 1, 2009 from 2024.

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Nonetheless, earlier than the ban may come into impact, it was lifted in 2023.

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Britain is at present contemplating the same legislation, the Tobacco and Vapes Invoice, which, if handed, would ban anybody born after January 1, 2009, from buying tobacco merchandise or vapes.