In India’s neighbourhood, a country has taken a unique step to tackle the problem of smoking and tobacco consumption.

The Maldives health ministry said that the country has imposed the world’s first generational smoking ban, as part of which those born after January 1, 2007, have been prohibited from smoking and buying and selling tobacco.

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The ban came into effect over the weekend and marks “a historic milestone” in the Maldives’s efforts to “protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation”, the ministry said.

With this nationwide generational tobacco ban, the Maldives has become the first country in the world to take such a measure.

“Under the new provision, individuals born on or after 1 January 2007 are prohibited from purchasing, using, or being sold toba

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