UK Plans to Ban Sale of Tobacco to Reduce Youth Smoking 🚭

UK Looking to, Phase Out Legal, Sale of Tobacco.<br />On March 20, the British government <br />introduced a bill to begin phasing <br />out smoking among young people, banning <br />the sale of tobacco for future generations.<br />If approved by parliament, the Tobacco <br />and Vapes Bill would become one of <br />the toughest anti-tobacco laws in the world. .<br />Fox News reports that the bill looks to prevent <br />children turning 15 this year and younger from <br />ever being legally able to purchase tobacco.<br />Fox News reports that the bill looks to prevent <br />children turning 15 this year and younger from <br />ever being legally able to purchase tobacco.<br />According to the government, the act of smoking <br />would not be criminalized, meaning that anyone <br />currently able to legally obtain tobacco would <br />be allowed to continue smoking in the future.<br />If we want to build a better future <br />for our children we need to tackle <br />the single biggest entirely <br />preventable cause of ill-health, <br />disability and death: smoking, Rishi Sunak, Conservative Prime Minister, via Fox News.<br />According to the British government, <br />smoking costs the nation an <br />estimated $21.63 billion every year.<br />The proposed legislation also includes <br />restrictions on vape flavors and packaging <br />intentionally marketed toward children. .<br />The new legislation reportedly comes <br />amid a sharp increase in vape usage <br />by young people in the U.K. .<br />In February, similar legislation in New Zealand <br />was introduced, looking to ban tobacco <br />sales to anyone born after January 1, 2009. .<br />That bill was repealed <br />by New Zealand's new <br />coalition government