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A new law preventing children aged 17 or younger from ever legally buying cigarettes means the UK is “on track to end smoking within a generation”, a former prime minister has said.

A new law will stop people who were born on or after 1 January 2009 from taking up smoking and will also give ministers new powers to regulate tobacco, vaping and nicotine products – including their ...

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who introduced the legislation, says the Tobacco and Vapes Act will save an "enormous" number of lives ...

New Zealand had introduced a similar ‘generational’ law, but later scrapped it. What is driving the government to target cigarette smoking, and why have some criticised it?

The new law preventing children aged 17 or younger from ever legally buying cigarettes means the UK is “on track to end smoking within a generation”, a former prime minister has said. Rishi Sunak, who ...