A smoking ban has been announced for people born after 2008 in the UK.
It will become illegal for shops to sell tobacco to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009, as part of plans to create a smoke-free generation. The ban is designed to last for a lifetime, with the legal age of sale set to rise by one year every year from 2027 onwards.
The ban is part of a campaign to rein in smoking, which remains one of the country’s top causes of preventable death and di...
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