UK bans a generation of children from smoking: How it works

What Happened

The UK Parliament approved the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, making it illegal for anyone born after 2008 to purchase tobacco or vapes. From 2027, the legal smoking age increases annually by one year. Health officials call it the biggest public health intervention in a generation, designed to create the UK's first smoke-free generation and reduce preventable deaths.

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