Christian Democratic Party senate team leader in NSW, Pastor Paul Green, has announced his Party's strategy to acheive the long term elimination of tobacco products.

"Presently it is illegal to sell tobacco to an individual under the age of sixteen," said Paul Green. "We want to increase that minimum age annually by one year."

"Under this plan, the current generation of young smokers will be the last generation of smokers."

Christian Democratic Party leader Reverend the Hon Fred Nile MLC is a lifelong anti-smoking campaigner. He initiated legislation which banned newspaper advertising of tobacco products in New South Wales.

"We are of course keen to protect all youngsters from involvement in a destuctive habit which threatens an early and unpleasant death. We also have a particular obligation to innocent victims, the passive smokers. My dear wife Elaine suffers chronic asthma from the bad old days when Parliament House was thick with cigar and cigarette smoke."