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New Zealand is taking further steps to phase out smoking. In France, some tobacco specialists see this possibility gaining ground in the country. A first tobacco-free generation would even be considered by 2030.
In New Zealand, buying cigarettes will be phased out. This progressive restriction will apply first to the youngest, with a strategy which will consist of raising the legal age for obtaining a package each year. For example, in 2027 you will have to be nineteen to buy cigarettes, in 2028 twenty, etc. This restriction will be accompanied by a reduction in points of sale. The cigarette composition will also be changed, and will contain less nicotine.
New Zealand is the first Western country to take such drastic measures to curb tobacco consumption. Can France consider taking the same path? “Quitting smoking must be a theme of the presidential election “, declares the president of an anti-tobacco association. For smokers, the idea is much more controversial: “I am against it because it affects individual rights “;” it would help import contraband “, testify two smoky passers-by. While it had fallen over the past four years, the number of smokers has again increased in France.
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