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10 Days Left: Maldives Prepares for Historic Generational Smoking Ban
The Maldives has begun a 10-day countdown to a generational smoking ban that takes effect on November 1, 2025, prohibiting the sale and consumption of tobacco to Maldivian citizens born on or after January 1, 2007. The measure stems from Tobacco Control Act amendments ratified by President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu on May 21, 2025, and follows a nationwide ban on vaping and e-cigarettes that came into effect in December 2024.
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10 daysdays remaining until the ban's enforcementThe StandardA special countdown event marking 10 days until the ban's enforcement was launched on Sunday night during a program aired by Public Service Media (PSM)
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January 1, 2007birth-date cut-off for citizens covered by the banThe Standardprohibit both the sale and consumption of tobacco products to Maldivian citizens born on or after January 1, 2007
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