The UK could be following New Zealand in banning cigarettes for younger generations sparking the question of whether it should be considered here.

Founding chairman and a director of the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association, Dr Colin Mendelson, says as no country has done this, they don’t know the effectiveness of this.

“One thing we do know is if you increase the legal age to 21, that makes a significant difference and they’ve done that in the US and they found that has helped,” he told Tom Elliott.

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