Smoking is unhealthy – there is no doubt about it. Denmark has now taken steps to protect its population from the effects of tobacco products.
Copenhagen – The Danish government is working to completely stop smoking for generations to come. It aims to ensure that no one born after 2010 starts smoking or uses other nicotine products. Under certain circumstances, this could also include gradually banning the sale of tobacco and nicotine products to this generation, according to a government proposal for health care reform presented by Health Minister Magnus Heunicke on Tuesday (March 15, 2022) in Copenhagen.
A “nicotine-free generation 2010+” will be a historic milestone in preventing disease and death, the Ministry of Health said. The health reform proposal has been long-awaited and huge. In it, the government of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also proposes raising the age limit for the sale of alcohol to 18 years.
Denmark plans to keep generations away from cigarettes by 2010
Today, in Denmark, as in Germany, you have to be 16 to buy beer and 18 to buy spirits with a higher alcohol content. In its proposal, the government points out that Danish young people are at the top of the list when it comes to alcohol consumption in Europe and that the culture of excessive drinking has serious consequences. The proposals are now to be negotiated with the parliamentary parties.
Denmark isn’t the first country to aim to steer younger generations straight away from cigarettes. New Zealand wants to become smoke-free by 2025 and in this context also wants to raise the minimum age for the purchase of tobacco products every year. (dpa/red)
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