Denmark is planning to ban the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2010.
Denmark is set to ban the sale of cigarettes to people born after 2010
Health minister Magnus Heunicke says that the policy change will prevent the next generation from smoking any kind of tobacco.
He said: "Our hope is that all people born in 2010 and later will never start smoking or using nicotine-based products.
"If necessary, we are ready to ban sales to this generation by gradually raising the purchase age limit."
Under current Danish law, people under the age of 18 are banned from buying tobacco and electronic cigarettes but 31 per cent of those aged between 15 and 29 in the country are smokers.
Heunicke says that smoking is the leading cause of cancer in the country - accounting for more than 13,000 deaths every year.
The Danes look set to follow New Zealand, which will outlaw buying cigarettes for anyone born after 2008 later this year.