Tobacco to be banned in New Zealand Smoke free generation in making Ban cigarette sales by 2025 and encourage vaping to hit smoke free goal, New Zealand MPs told South China Morning Post New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations New Zealand Bans Disposable E Cigarettes and Vapes New Zealand passed a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes to phase out tobacco smoking on Tuesday (December 13). People born on or after January 1, 2009, cannot purchase tobacco. As Theres an interesting policy question gaining traction: if society can regulate vaping quickly, could tobacco eventually follow a similar path?, Not through shock bans but through gradual change.,