The Maldives bans smoking for everyone born after 2006
The Washington Post • • world
Key Points:
- The Maldives has become the first country to implement a generational smoking ban, prohibiting tobacco use for individuals born on or after January 1, 2007.
- The law bars these individuals from purchasing, using, or being sold tobacco products within the country.
- People born in 2006 or earlier are still permitted to smoke under the new regulation.
- This move aims to reduce tobacco use in a country where about 20% of the population currently uses tobacco.
