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Lifelong smoking ban for people born after January 2009 in the UK agreed

The UK’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill has cleared Parliament, establishing a lifelong ban on tobacco sales to anyone born after January 1, 2009, to create a smoke-free generation, alongside expanded vaping restrictions (including bans in cars with children, playgrounds, outside schools, and most hospital grounds) and new regulatory powers over tobacco, vaping, and nicotine products. Health leaders and public health advocates praise the legislation as a landmark intervention to reduce preventable deaths and ease NHS pressure, while industry concerns were raised, with calls for universal smoking cessation support funded by a tobacco industry levy.