新西蘭：14歲以下將終身禁煙

New Zealand has announced it will outlaw smoking for the next generation, so that those who are aged 14 and under today will never be legally able to buy tobacco. New legislation means the legal smoking age will increase every year, to create a smoke-free generation of New Zealanders, associate health minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said on Thursday.

新西蘭宣布，將禁止下一代人吸煙，因此14歲以下人群將終身無法合法購買煙草。新西蘭衛(wèi)生部副部長阿伊莎•韋拉爾博士12月9日表示，新法案意味著合法吸煙年齡將逐年提高，以實現(xiàn)新西蘭的無煙一代。

"This is a historic day for the health of our people," she said. "We want to make sure young people never start smoking, so we will make it an offense to sell or supply smoked tobacco products to new cohorts of youth. People aged 14 when the law comes into effect will never be able to legally purchase tobacco," Verrall said.
韋拉爾說："這對新西蘭人民的健康來說是具有歷史意義的一天。我們希望確保年輕人永遠(yuǎn)不會吸煙，因此我們將把向新生代年輕人出售或提供煙草制品定為犯罪行為。法律生效后，14歲以下人群將終身無法合法購買煙草。"