Smoking ban: Northern Ireland on course to join UK-wide law
The law will mean that people born in or after 2009 will never be able to legally buy cigarettes. Source link
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More younger middle-class women smoking, study suggests
Younger women could benefit from targeted interventions to tackle the apparent rise, researchers say. Source link
MPs back smoking ban for those born after 2009
The measures, championed by PM Rishi Sunak, pass despite opposition by several leading Conservative figures. Source link
What is the UK smoking ban, how will it work and when will it start?
The government wants to stop people smoking by raising the legal age limit for buying cigarettes. Source link
MPs to vote on smoking ban for those born after 2009
Lib Dem MPs have a free vote on the bill, and speaking to BBC Breakfast, the party leader Sir Ed Davey said: ‘I’ve seen the health impacts of smoking tobacco, there’s no good outcome, it’s always bad, it’s the leading cause of preventable death in our country.” Source link
UK smoking ban for those born after 2009 starts journey into law
The UK government pushes ahead with plans for some of the world’s toughest anti-tobacco laws. Source link
Smoking decline stalls since Covid as more young people take up the habit – study
Based on surveys with 101,960 adults representative of the population, researchers estimated 16.2% smoked in June 2017, falling to 15.1% by the start of the pandemic, in March 2020, but just 15% in August 2022, since when the the slower rate of decline has remained consistent. Source link
New Zealand smoking ban: Māori mourn loss of hard-won smoking reform
From 2024, the laws would have cut nicotine levels in cigarettes to non-addictive levels, eliminated 90% of retailers allowed to sell tobacco, and created “smoke-free” generations of citizens by banning cigarette sales to anyone born after 2008. But with the measures now abandoned, Māori stand to lose the most, advocates say. Source link
New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts criticise new government’s shock reversal
Health experts are appalled as the new government plans to repeal the policy to fund tax cuts. Source link
Rishi Sunak defends his plan to ban smoking for younger generation
The prime minister tells the BBC he backs the move because there is “no safe level of smoking”. Source link