On World No Tobacco Day (31 May 2026), President Dr Mohamed Muizzu reaffirmed his government's tobacco control agenda, highlighting enacted reforms including a generational tobacco ban effective 1 November 2025 that bars anyone born after 2007 from buying or using tobacco. A new five-year national campaign to curb tobacco use was launched at the President's Office on 31 May.
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From banning e-cigarettes to becoming the first country in the world to implement a Generational Ban on Tobacco, we are taking decisive action.
As new threats emerge, we will remain vigilant. We will strengthen tobacco control measures, cessation services, smoke-free jurisdictions, and legislative reforms.
deserve the chance to be free from nicotine addiction
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56% of Maldivian men use some form of tobacco (WHO)
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2007 Birth year cutoff — those born after are fully banned from tobacco
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2024–25 — E-cigarettes banned outright, making Maldives one of few nations to prohibit vaping nationally
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