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
Calls for smoking to be banned in all pub gardens in Wales
No fag and a fruity cider says governing body Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) Wales has called for an already present law to be extended to outdoor hospitality areas. The legislation is in regards to a law that prevents people from smoking on the grounds of hospitals, schools, and playgrounds. But very soon, beer […]
5 years ago
Five councils ban smoking outside restaurants and pubs ahead of UK crackdown
At least five local authorities have banned outdoor smoking amid Covid concerns surrounding outdoor eating culture As we approach the last step in the roadmap out of lockdown (June 21st), the government are continuing to advise caution not only due to the Indian variant but as groups have now been allowed to gather both indoors […]
5 years ago