Maldives: No One Born After 2007 Can Smoke Tobacco Here

The government of the Maldives has enacted legislation that forever bars an entire generation from legally using, purchasing or selling tobacco products.

As of November 1, 2025, anyone born on or after January 1, 2007 will never be permitted to use tobacco inside Maldives territory, a move intended to create a “tobacco-free generation”.
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