The UK is about to implement a far-reaching smoking ban. Image: trapezoid
Britain wants to introduce far-reaching smoking ban. Under the new law, an entire generation will never be able to legally buy cigarettes. Additional measures should significantly reduce consumption.
Britain has big plans: What the island nation wants most is to stop an entire generation from smoking.
The UK Parliament is currently debating the extremely ambitious Tobacco and Vaping Bill. Among other things, the draft law wants to raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products by one year each year. What this means: If this law is passed, anyone born after January 1, 2009 will never be able to buy cigarettes or e-cigarettes again in their lifetime.
The “world-leading” reform aims to protect children and young people, particularly from the health risks of nicotine and e-cigarette addiction, and reduce the burden on the National Health System (NHS).
The rising number of children vaping is alarming. The new law aims to stop the targeted marketing of e-cigarettes to minors – a practice that is completely unacceptable.
Health Minister Wes Streeting
Billions of dollars to aid smoking cessation
The law also includes measures to reduce the so-called appeal of e-cigarettes: flavors such as chewing gum, gummy bears or cotton candy will be banned, as will advertising and sponsorship of e-cigarettes. They will also no longer appear in vending machines.
The government will also provide £70 million for projects to help female smokers quit. One has already been announced: the NHS is offering all smokers a once-daily pill said to be more effective than nicotine replacement gum or patches. In addition, all hospitals will incorporate so-called smoking cessation opt-out interventions into routine care. The bill will also allocate £10 million for trade regulation against illegal trade.
The bill passed two-thirds of the House of Commons. 415 MPs voted in favor and 47 against. In order to pass, it must also pass a third reading in the House of Lords and ultimately receive royal assent – even if it is only a formal assent.
Smoking makes you slim, healthy and happy! …talk about those old cigarette ads
1/20
Smoking makes you slim, healthy and happy! …talk about those old cigarette ads
Parliament debates tobacco advertising ban – what young people who smoke say this
Video: Watson
You may also be interested in:
Thanks to Donald Trump, the Old Continent must now quickly find solutions to its military problems.
Everyone has known for a long time: if Donald Trump is re-elected as US president, Europe will have to step up its defense efforts. The relevant political and military committees have been discussing this for some time. “So far, however, no action has been taken,” the Financial Times noted in a background analysis, citing a senior EU security official as saying: “No matter how you explain it, the Europeans will bear a greater defense burden. carry. The only question that remains is whether it will be an orderly process or a chaotic one.”
