{"id":1151,"date":"2023-10-04T12:34:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T12:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/smoking-age-should-rise-from-18-by-one-year-every-year-pm\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T12:34:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T12:34:39","slug":"smoking-age-should-rise-from-18-by-one-year-every-year-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/smoking-age-should-rise-from-18-by-one-year-every-year-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year – PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year – PM<\/p>\n

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By Nick Triggle<\/div>\n
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The age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco in England should rise by one year every year so that eventually no-one can buy them, the prime minister says.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rishi Sunak said MPs were to be given a free vote in parliament on the issue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Under the plan, the age of sale would rise from 18 every year so a child aged 14 today would never be allowed to buy tobacco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The idea was put forward by a government-commissioned review in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking at the Conservative party conference, Mr Sunak said he believed it was the right step, to tackle the leading cause of preventable ill-health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There is no safe level of smoking,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Are you a smoker? How do you feel about the proposed change? Get in touch.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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