Smoking age could be raised to 21 in ‘radical’ crackdown that may include tax hikes
The UK is committed to becoming smoke-free by 2030 MPs are currently debating new legislation that would see the legal smoking age raised to 21 – a review that could be announced as early as Thursday, according to reports. We first heard about the new anti-smoking bill back in June 2021 following a statement from […]
4 years ago
New Zealand to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes
Anyone born after 2008 will be unable to buy cigarettes Yet another nation moves towards being smoke-free as New Zealand ban cigarettes for young people. Jacinda Ardern and the NZ Labour Party’s new anti-smoking legislation means that anyone born after 2008 will be unable to purchase cigarettes or any other tobacco products. As reported by […]
4 years ago
MPs call for legal age to buy cigarettes to be raised to 21
More people died from smoking than coronavirus last year According to sources, MPs are proposing to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21, as the UK aims to be smoke-free by 2030. This comes after it was estimated that more people died from illnesses caused by smoking than COVID-19 in 2020. […]
5 years ago
English county set to introduce nation’s first outdoor smoking ban
The plan aims to make the county smoke-free by 2025 Oxfordshire is set to become the first place in the UK to ban smoking outdoors, as part of a larger plan for the county to be smoke-free by 2025. As reported by the Oxford Mail, a plan agreed by public health officials in February 2020 […]
5 years ago