Now the country’s government is tackling another health scourge: tobacco smoking.
Under the Smokefree 2025 Action Plan, the age requirement for buying and smoking tobacco will increase each year.
“We’ve already seen the full impact of excise tax increases.
(The US population is roughly 66 times the size of New Zealand’s.)
The CDCadds that $300 billion is spenton treating smoking-related illnesses each year.
