There are, however, hints at age restrictions in the latest consultation draft of the 2022-2030 national tobacco strategy, which proposes to consider the feasibility of raising the minimum age of purchase of tobacco products and monitor international developments on this matter
And increasingly young people in particular seem to be going off the idea
Hefler says any TFG proposal would need to avoid creating a new epidemic of e-cigarette use among young people and non-smokers as is a potential risk in New Zealand
Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda, Nigeria, Moldova, Turkey, and the European Union have implemented similar bans
You cant just ban it overnight
The movement traces its roots to Brookline, which in 2020 became the first place in the U.S