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Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
The law creates a rolling age limit and gives ministers new powers to regulate vapes, with fines of about $270 for illegal sales, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill cleared Parliament, establishing a permanent sales ban for anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, upon receiving Royal Assent.
- Health minister Baroness Merron hailed the legislation as "the biggest public health intervention in a generation," aimed at creating a smoke-free generation and saving lives.
- Beyond the age-based sales ban, the Bill grants Ministers expanded authority to regulate packaging and flavors, while banning vaping in cars with Children, playgrounds, schools, and hospitals.
- Conservative peer Lord Naseby argued the legislation "does upset a great many people in that industry," including retailers, preferring education over legislative restriction.
- Smoking and vaping remain permitted in private homes, pub gardens, and wider open spaces, which are excluded from the new restrictions.
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It is the second country in the world to introduce a generational ban after the Maldives, which prohibited the sale of tobacco to young people born after 1 January 2007 last November.
British parliament adopts law for "smoking-free generation". Health Minister Streeting speaks of a "historical moment". King Charles still has to agree – which is considered a formality.
The United Kingdom is introducing a smoking ban for everyone born since January 1, 2009. Both houses of the British Parliament have approved the law. The British government hopes to create a smoke-free generation with this exceptionally strict law. "Europe should have the guts to follow the UK," says cancer researcher Filip Lardon.
A bill prohibiting any person born after 2008 from buying tobacco in the UK has been passed by Parliament. The British authorities hope that this will create a "generation without smoke," reports The Guardian.
Anyone born in the United Kingdom after 2008 will face a lifetime ban for...
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