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Bill to ban youth smoking gets approval
Bangkok Post
|April 23, 2026
Both chambers of Britain's parliament have approved a bill that would ban children aged 17 and under from buying cigarettes during their lifetime.
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The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to stop anyone born after Jan 1, 2009 from taking up smoking.
Health minister Wes Streeting called this a “historic moment for the nation’s health” that will lead to the “first smoke-free generation, protected from a lifetime of addiction and harm”.
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