Denmark might be the primary European nation to ban smoking for the following technology as new guidelines would cease anybody born in or after 2010 from shopping for nicotine merchandise, together with cigarettes and nicotine merchandise.
In Denmark there are roughly 13,500 deaths a yr from diseases associated to smoking.
E-cigarettes are showing to grow to be extra well-liked amongst 15 to 29-year-olds within the nation and a 3rd of younger individuals smoke.
The Well being Minister is hoping to lift the age threshold for Danes who're in a position to purchase nicotine-based merchandise, which is at present 18.
The proposals are much like new measures which have been launched in New Zealand, the place anybody born after 2008 won't be able to purchase tobacco gadgets
Magnus Heunicke, 47, mentioned he hoped “all individuals born in 2010 and afterwards won't ever begin smoking or utilizing nicotine-based merchandise”.
The plan has been criticised by a number of opposition events and the invoice nonetheless needs to be handed by means of Denmark's parliament.
The well being affairs spokesman for the opposition Conservative occasion, Per Larsen, mentioned: “The state will say that for those who’re 29 years previous you should buy tobacco, however for those who’re solely 28, you'll be able to’t.”
“When you come of age, you’re chargeable for your individual life and so that you should be allowed to dwell the life you need,” he advised the general public broadcaster DR.
Ministers in Denmark are additionally contemplating abolishing a regulation that enables 16 and 17-year-olds to purchase drinks which comprise a modest quantity of alcohol comparable to beer and wine.
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