Menu
Inshorts
For the best experience use inshorts app on your smartphone
inshortsinshorts
Maldives bans smoking for those born after 2006
short by Disha Jana / on Saturday, 1 November, 2025
Maldives has implemented a generational smoking ban, prohibiting anyone born after December 31, 2006, from purchasing, using, or being sold any tobacco or vaping products. This law applies to both citizens and visitors, making the Maldives the only country with a lifetime tobacco ban for a generation to promote public health. Retailers must verify customers' age before selling smoking products.
read more at Firstpost.com