In December 2022, New Zealand passed the world's first law to ban smoking for the next generation. New Zealand's goal is to be "smoke-free" by:
- (a)2030
- (b)2024
- (c)2025
- (d)2029
Correct — C, 2025. New Zealand's long-standing 'Smokefree 2025' goal aims to cut the national smoking rate below 5% by 2025. The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act, passed in December 2022, backed this with a world-first 'generational' ban — prohibiting the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009.
- (a)2030 — Later than NZ's target — the Smokefree goal year is 2025.
- (b)2024 — Not the stated target year; the goal is 2025.
- (d)2029 — Not the target; NZ's Smokefree goal is set for 2025.
'Smoke-free' here means bringing smoking prevalence under 5% — effectively phasing out smoking. The December 2022 law was notable for the 'smokefree generation' idea (a rolling ban on tobacco sales to people born from 1 January 2009 onward), together with sharp cuts to permitted nicotine levels and to the number of tobacco retailers.
The wording gives strong hints — 'December 2022', 'world's first', 'next generation' — but the number to lock is 2025, the Smokefree 2025 target the law was meant to help achieve.
- Goal: 'Smokefree Aotearoa 2025' — smoking prevalence below 5% by 2025
- Dec 2022 law: Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act
- World-first generational ban: no tobacco sales to those born on/after 1 Jan 2009
- The generational-ban provisions were later repealed by a new NZ government in early 2024, but the 2025 Smokefree goal is what this question tests
- Guessing 2030 (a common 'net-zero'-style year)
- Assuming the generational ban is still in force — it was repealed in 2024
Current-affairs 'which country/which year first' item — lock country (NZ) + year (2025) + the 'generational ban' hook.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
India's principal law regulating cigarettes and tobacco products is:
- (a)COTPA, 2003
- (b)The Clean Air Act
- (c)FSSAI Act, 2006
- (d)Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
Answer(a) The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The global treaty for tobacco control, adopted under the World Health Organization, is the:
- (a)Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
- (b)Kyoto Protocol
- (c)Montreal Protocol
- (d)Stockholm Convention
Answer(a) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).