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Detailed explanation-1: -New Zealand became the world’s first country to ban smoking for future generations. The bill was passed in parliament on Tuesday. The future generation of New Zealanders will not be able to get their hands on cigarettes as a part of a package of new anti-smoking laws which was passed by the parliament on Tuesday.

Detailed explanation-2: -New Zealand passes world-first tobacco law to ban smoking for next generation.

Detailed explanation-3: -New Zealand passed a law on Dec. 13 permanently banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone born in 2009 or after, essentially elevating the legal smoking age year after year. In 2023, children will need to be 15 or older to buy cigarettes.