The Maldives has brought in a ban on smoking for all young people born on or after 1 January 2007. The measure makes it the only country with a generation-wide tobacco prohibition. The new law also ...

The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban Saturday on anyone born on or after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a generational prohibition on tobacco, the Health Ministry said. The move, ...

The Maldives has become the first country in the world to impose a generational smoking ban, barring anyone born after Jan. 1, 2007, from ever smoking, purchasing or using tobacco. “The ban applies to ...

The Maldives has become the first country to impose a generational smoking ban – making smoking, buying and selling tobacco illegal for anyone born after January 1, 2007. The ban took effect on ...

The Maldives has banned young people born on or after 1 January 2007 from smoking tobacco, becoming the only country in the world to enforce a nationwide generational tobacco prohibition. The ...

Dubai: 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 ...

Maldives seeks to "protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation" with a ban on tobacco use for those born after 2007. https://p.dw.com/p/52wz8 The ...

Agon Capital, the Dubai-based investment and development firm behind Precision Football and several high-end lifestyle ventures, is accelerating plans to expand into Saudi Arabia as part of its ...

The US State Department issued a revised travel advisory pertaining to the Republic of the Maldives Oct. 7. “Exercise increased caution in [the Maldives] due to terrorism,” the Level 2 travel warning ...

Had a wonderful holiday in the maldives too many moons ago to remember (actually probably 15years ago) & having travelled the world we are now looking to return. I've noticed with some interest that ...

In sharp contrast with the ‘India Out’ campaign that helped catapult Mohamed Muizzu to Maldivian presidency, Maldives hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July 2025, even honouring him in ...