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Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament

The UK's tobacco and vapes bill, which prohibits anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, from ever legally purchasing tobacco products, has completed its parliamentary passage and will receive royal assent next week to become law. The legislation aims to create a smoke-free generation, reduce the NHS's tobacco-related treatment burden, extend smoking bans to areas like children's playgrounds and outside schools/hospitals, and restrict vape branding targeted at children, though some vaping industry representatives warn overly restrictive measures could push ex-smokers back to tobacco.