New Zealand’s government believes it has come up with a new plan to end tobacco smoking: a lifetime ban for those aged 14 or younger. Under a new law the government plans to pass next year, the lowest age to buy cigarettes would keep rising year after year. The yearly increase could mean that 65 years after the law takes effect, shoppers could still buy cigarettes but only if they could prove they were at least 80 years old. Officials hope smoking will disappear many years before then. The new plan sets a goal of having fewer than 5 percent of New Zealanders smoking by 2025. Other parts of the plan include allowing only the sale of tobacco products with very low nicotine levels and reducing the number of stores that can sell such products. The changes would be brought in over a set period of time to help sellers deal with the market changes. The minimum age to buy cigarettes in New Zealand is now 18 years old. So, the lifetime smoking ban for youth would not have an effect for a few years