New Zealand recently announced a complete ban on cigarette sales for future generations. People born after 2008 will never be able to buy tobacco products in the country. Is this a good idea? Should other countries ban cigarettes? Or are there problems with such an approach? Let’s discuss this and more on today’s episode of Thinking in English!

TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/01/03/124-new-zealands-smoking-ban-explained-should-we-ban-cigarettes%ef%bf%bc/

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123. Should We Boycott China’s Winter Olympics? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

122. Ten Years of Kim Jong Un!: North Korea’s Last Decade Explained (English Vocabulary Lesson)

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Upside (n) - the advantage of a situation

It’s annoying that I can’t go on vacation this year, but the upside is that I can save up money to go somewhere more expensive next year

Prevalence (n) - the fact that something is very common or happens often

The prevalence of obesity is increasing in children

Ubiquitous (adj) - seeming to be everywhere

The mobile phone is perhaps the most ubiquitous of all consumer-electronic appliances

To enact (v) - to put something into action, especially to make something a law

The government has failed to enact any serious environmental laws

To authorise (v) - to give someone official permission to do something

I authorised my bank to pay her £3000

Accompanying (adj) - appearing or going with someone or something else

Children under twelve require an accompanying parent or guardian to see the movie

Take (something) with a pinch of salt (idiom) - to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true

You have to take everything you read on Facebook with a pinch of salt

Craving (n) - a strong feeling of wanting something

I have a craving for chocolate

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