Sunak to Lift UK Smoking Age in Push to Phase Out Cigarettes
- UK prime minister lays out plans for a smoke-free generation
- Sunak says vaping is one of the most worrying trends right now
Rishi Sunak delivers his keynote speech on the closing day of the UK Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, UK, on Oct. 4.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aims to gradually raise the legal age for consuming cigarettes in a move that would introduce a ban for the next generation.
The age would increase by one year annually so that “a 14-year-old today would never legally be sold a cigarette,” Sunak said at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Wednesday. The government also plans to restrict the availability of disposable vapes and will look at the packaging and flavors of those products.