Government confirms if you’re this age you’ll be banned from smoking for life
The bill has cleared parliament A lifelong ban on young people buying cigarettes is set to come into force after a landmark bill cleared Parliament. Both the Commons and Lords have agreed on a final draft for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which will see an entire generation banned from ever buying cigarettes. The bill […]
1 month ago
Farage pledges to repeal ‘idiotic’ smoking ban if Reform wins next election
It’s ‘plainly idiotic’ according to the smoker Reform leader Nigel Farage has pledged to scrap the generational smoking ban in Britain, should his party win in the next general election. The proposed ban would see people born in 2009 or later banned from ever buying tobacco products in the UK. But according to the Reform […]
2 months ago
Team GB Olympian fears ban on smoking will hurt her chances of gold medal
The English golfer finished tied for seventh at Rio 2016. Team GB golfer Charley Hull has claimed that the ban on smoking at the 2024 Paris Olympics will negatively affect her performance on the course. The 28-year-old from Kettering went viral a couple of months back after she was pictured smoking a cigarette on the […]
1 year ago
Rishi Sunak proposes raising smoking age one year every year
The PM wants to create a ‘smoke-free generation’ Rishi Sunak wants to raise the smoking age by one year, every year, meaning a 14-year-old today will “never legally be sold a cigarette” in the UK. Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference, the prime minister said smoking costs the country UK £17 billion per year and […]
2 years ago
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
Marlboro maker calls for complete ban on cigarettes within ten years
Morris and Marlboro brand think “the sooner it happens, the better it is for everyone” Philip Morris International (PMI), the Swiss-American multinational cigarette and tobacco manufacturing company known for producing Marlboro cigarettes, has urged the UK and other countries to ban cigarette smoking within the next decade. Speaking to the Telegraph, PMI’s CEO, Jacek Olczak, […]
5 years ago