Ministers hope tobacco and vapes bill, which will become law next week, will create a ‘smoke-free generation’

A bill banning anyone born after 2008 from buying tobacco in the UK has completed its progress through parliament in a move that ministers hope will create a “smoke-free generation”.

Under the tobacco and vapes bill anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 will never be able to be legally sold tobacco across the UK, in an effort to save lives and reduce the burden on the NHS.

  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It feels slightly ageist to me, I’d have preferres sth that tries to deter all of society equially (and that gets more stringent with time), but hey ho