Opinion of New Zealand's laws on smoking

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It won't stop them from smoking them if they really want to.  Some people might be stopping in a store to buy a pack for an older person.  It also seems ridiculous for the government to tell a grown adult (as all of these people will eventually be) that they can't smoke a cigarette.
Basically, under this law, eventually nobody in the whole country is going to be able to buy cigarettes.

It does seem like its a violation of individual freedom - people should be able to smoke a cigarette outdoors alone or with another smoker, and not around people that don't want to breathe it in. 

Generally what happens most often in the United States is I think fine.  Smokers often ask people they're around if they mind if they smoke, we have our smoking bans indoors in restaurants and stores and on mass transit, and they should be enforced, but at a certain point I think you've just got to let people be.

I also find it odd that marijuana is being expanded while cigarettes are being restricted.  The stench of marijuana is awful in my opinion and I don't want to be around it either, but I voted here in Massachusetts for the legalization.  I don't want it criminalized, I just don't want to breathe that in and I feel it's a person has a right to clean, safe, breathable air.