Denmark Plans To Go Tobacco-Free For Anyone Born After 2010

Smoking is the main cause of cancer in the Nordic country of 5.8 million people, and responsible for 13,600 deaths per year.

Denmark unveiled plans on Tuesday to ensure that future generations are tobacco-free, and is considering banning the sale of cigarettes and other nicotine products to anyone born after 2010.

"Our hope is that all people born in 2010 and later will never start smoking or using nicotine-based products", Health Minister Magnus Heunicke told reporters.

"If necessary, we are ready to ban the sale (of these products) to this generation by progressively raising the age limit," he said.

Currently, Danes must be 18 years old to buy cigarettes or e-cigarettes.