King Confirms UK Generational Ban Moving Ahead
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The new Labour government will propose a bill to gradually raise the legal age for purchasing cigarettes and impose restrictions on the sales and promotion of vaping products, as confirmed by the UK’s King Charles III in a speech.
Under the proposed Tobacco and Vapes bill, children born on or after Jan. 1, 2009 will never be able to legally be sold cigarettes.
The bill will also stop vapes and other consumer nicotine products from being deliberately branded and advertised to appeal to children.
The Tobacco and Vapes bill was proposed under the previous Conservative government and was voted through the House of Commons in April, according to media reports.
It has also passed the Committee stage but must still pass a third reading in the House of Commons, three readings in the House of Lords, amendments, and Royal Assent before becoming legislation.
