Middle ground to tobacco Bill


IT recently came to light that the Attorney General has reservations about the Generational End Game (GEG) component in the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023 (Bill), which is set to be tabled in the current Parliamentary session.

Specifically, the AG’s Chambers is of the view that the GEG provision can be challenged in court. Under the initial iteration of the Bill, it was proposed that those born in 2007 and later would be barred from purchasing and using tobacco and tobacco-related products such as cigarettes and vape.

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