The legislation as proposed would have banned the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008, and was approved by New Zealand's previous government last year.
New Zealand s new government plans to repeal the country s world-leading smoking ban for future generations in order to fund tax cuts, a decision that public health specialists say could cost thousands of lives and be "catastrophic".
Your dream destination may be one with strict anti-tobacco laws in 2023 like Mexico, which outlawed smoking in all public places, including resorts, on January 15. But that doesn't mean your vacation plans should go up in smoke. Tobacco-consuming tourists may need to exercise caution when lighting up in these countries but could use their travel time to kick the habit, while non-smokers might enjoy fewer holiday encounters with secondhand smoke.