UK agrees ban on cigarette sales for people born after 2008
Both chambers of Britain’s parliament have approved a bill that would ban children aged 17 and under from buying cigarettes during their lifetime.
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to stop anyone born after January 1, 2009 (now aged 17) from taking up smoking.
Health minister Wes Streeting called this a “historic moment for the nation’s health” that will lead to the “first smoke-free generation, protected from a lifetime of addiction and harm”.
When it gets royal assent and becomes law, it would...
- Everyone born after 2008 to be banned from smoking Sky News —
- Proposed Lifetime Smoking Ban to Become Law in Britain The New York Times —
- Tobacco sales ban for people born after 2008 passes Parliament in 'historic moment' Manchester Evening News —
- UK agrees lifetime ban on cigarette sales for people born after 2008 The Straits Times —
- 'Historic moment for nation's health' as smoking Bill clears Parliament LBC —