U.K. agrees ban on cigarette sales for people born after 2008

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Health Minister Wes Streeting called this a "historic infinitesimal for the nation's health" that volition pb to the "first smoke-free generation, protected from a beingness of addiction and harm".

Published - April 22, 2026 11:19 americium IST - London

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Both chambers of Britain's Parliament person approved a Bill that would prohibition children aged 17 and nether from buying cigarettes during their lifetime.

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to halt anyone calved aft January 1, 2009 (now aged 17) from taking up smoking.

Published - April 22, 2026 11:19 americium IST

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U.K. agrees ban on cigarette sales for people born after 2008

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Health Minister Wes Streeting called this a "historic infinitesimal for the nation's health" that volition pb to the "first smoke-free generation, protected from a beingness of addiction and harm".

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