💬 Opinion 14h ago · Reem Ibrahim

Brits Don't Need Government Mandates To Create a 'Smoke-Free Generation.' The Market Is Already Doing So.

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Brits Don't Need Government Mandates To Create a 'Smoke-Free Generation.' The Market Is Already Doing So.
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Britain, which has long restricted what people eat and consume, has now banned tobacco for future generations.
On Tuesday, Parliament passed the Tobacco and Vapes Bill. The law, first proposed by then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in 2023, bans anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, from legally buying tobacco products.
"[This] is a landmark bill," Health Minister Gillian Merron told the House of Lords on Monday. "It will create a smoke-free generation." However, if the goal truly is better publi

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