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MPs to vote on smoking ban for those born after 2009
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68816566MPs to vote on smoking ban for those born after 2009
1 hour ago
By Jennifer McKiernan & Helen Catt, BBC Politics
Plans to stop young people born since 2009 ever smoking are to be debated and voted on later.
Rishi Sunak's bill aims to create the UK's first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention.
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill would ensure anyone turning 15 from this year would be banned from buying cigarettes, and also aims to make vapes less appealing to children.
A number of Tory MPs have told the BBC they won't back the bill.
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1 hour ago
By Jennifer McKiernan & Helen Catt, BBC Politics
Plans to stop young people born since 2009 ever smoking are to be debated and voted on later.
Rishi Sunak's bill aims to create the UK's first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention.
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill would ensure anyone turning 15 from this year would be banned from buying cigarettes, and also aims to make vapes less appealing to children.
A number of Tory MPs have told the BBC they won't back the bill.
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