1. Barring young individuals from purchasing smoking items will protect them from developing smoking habits at a very tender age thus protecting them from becoming chain smokers and creating a healthier lifestyle. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

2. There will be very few tobacco retailers in the market. This means, because of the respective law, cigarettes will not be very easily available to users.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

3. Reducing the number of retailers in poor neighborhoods will automatically help smokers to quit cigarettes gradually. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

4. There will be a prominent decrease in the amount of nicotine in smoked tobacco products which will also help in creating a smoke-free environment. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

5. Around $5 billion will be saved as the government need not spend money on various smoke-related illnesses like heart attacks, amputations, strokes, and various cancers. Hence, there will be fewer life casualties as well.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

6. Slowly yet gradually, the country will soon be a smoke-free zone by 2025.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Indeed, the road to achieving the aim for the greater good of the people will not be very easy. The law has as many supporters, as well as there, are people against the law. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

The research says that almost half of smokers start with the habit before they turn 18 which means banning smoking for the young population is not a choice but a necessity. On the other hand, some believe this law is nothing less than snatching the country\u2019s economic freedom. And the age limitation varies for every canton thus creating more confusion at the end.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

No matter what step we take in life, there will always be some pros and cons. However, as far as this law is concerned, the pros are ten times more than its cons. According to Ms. Ayesha Verrall, New Zealand\u2019s minister for research, science, and innovation, \u201cThe foremost step to save healthy individuals as well as Cancer\/HIV patients from further damage is to make them quit smoking. And the best way to do so is to control the sales of cigarettes so that smokers can quit smoking easily and future generations never start with the habit.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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