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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on November 18, 2025, 11:16:58 PM

Title: I did notice more young girls and women smoking when I was in
Post by: theking on November 18, 2025, 11:16:58 PM

...Europe... ???:

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The Maldives has enacted a groundbreaking law that permanently bans anyone born on or after January 1, 2007, from purchasing or using tobacco products, aiming to create a "tobacco-free generation."

Overview of the Ban
On November 1, 2025, the Maldives officially implemented a generational smoking ban, making it the first country in the world to impose such a restriction. This law prohibits individuals born after January 1, 2007, from ever legally smoking or purchasing tobacco products, regardless of their age at the time. The initiative is part of a broader public health strategy to combat tobacco use and its associated health risks, which are significant in the Maldives, where about 25.5% of the population aged 15 and older were tobacco users as of 2024.

Took this photo when I was in Europe:

(https://i.imgur.com/6W5i0FG.jpg?1)

Title: Re: I did notice more young girls and women smoking when I was in
Post by: Visualmon on November 20, 2025, 12:23:25 AM

When you're curious and bored, you tend to try it out for the first time. After that, you're hooked.

I was in the same position. I quit on the year 2007.