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Singapore started to legislate against tobacco fifty years ago. Today it is one of the most smoke-free countries in the world

23 April 2023 By Ruetir Between Malaysia and the Indonesian archipelago is Singapore, a city-state of six million inhabitants that has barely been an independent country for fifty years. Its growth since then has been spectacular, and it has managed to reach the top positions in the world in the list of countries with the …

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New Zealand passes world-first tobacco law to ban smoking for next generation

13 December 2022 The country is believed to be the first to implement an annually rising legal smoking age By Tess McClure, The Guardian New Zealand has introduced a steadily rising smoking age to stop those aged 14 and under from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes in world-first legislation to outlaw smoking for the next …

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