UK to ban tobacco for anyone born after 2008, aiming for a smoke-free generation
TL;DR
Britain’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill, backed by Parliament, would bar tobacco sales for anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, in an effort to create a smoke-free generation. The measure also expands powers to regulate tobacco, vaping and nicotine products, including flavour and packaging rules and banning nicotine branding from being marketed to children, while extending smoke-free zones and prohibitions on vaping in places like playgrounds, cars with kids, and near schools and hospitals; royal assent is expected soon.
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