UK Clears Law To Ban Smoking For People Born After 2008

Under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, anyone born after December 31, 2008, will be banned from ever buying cigarettes in the country. The bill will now go to King Charles III for approval before it can become a law, something most believe is just a formality.

“The end of smoking, and the devastating harm it causes, is no longer uncertain — it’s inevitable," the Associated Press quoted Hazel Cheeseman, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health, as saying. The organisation fought a decades-long campaign in favour of legislation that was approved on Tuesday.

What is the Tobacco and Vapes Bill?Under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, the minimum age to buy cigarettes in the UK will continue to rise every year. Right now, it is illegal to sell cigarettes, tobacco products or vapes to people under 18. Next year it will rise to 19, and it will be 20 the following year.