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How to talk to kids about cigarettes and vapes, following Rishi Sunak’s smoke-free generation plans

The government planning to crackdown on smoking and vaping in the UK once and for all.

The Independent UK

What are the current smoking rules? As the UK marks No Smoking Day 2025

The annual awareness day aims to help people kick the habit

Evening Standard

How will the proposed crackdown on smoking work?

It is hoped it will prevent tens of thousands of deaths and save the NHS billions of pounds.

The Independent UK

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Tetchy Rishi Sunak defends smoking ban and HS2 U-turn

The prime minister said smoking is ‘unequivocally the single biggest preventable cause of death, disability and illness in our society’

The Independent UK

Ban smoking for next generation to ‘keep pace’ with UK and NZ, advocates tell Australian government

Mark Butler says those countries have ‘responded to specific tactics of Big Tobacco’ and Australia will monitor impact of the policies with ‘interest’

The Guardian - AU

Smoking gun: Rishi Sunak to raise cigarette buying age in UK

LONDON: 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 Times of India

Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election - live: Polls to close in vote to replace shamed MP

Former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier was ousted from the Rutherglen and West Hamilton seat in August

The Independent UK

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UK smoking ban: How will it work and who will be affected?

Proposed ban would make it illegal for the next generation to ever buy cigarettes

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak To Ban Cigarettes for Brits

The U.K.’s “conservative” prime minister wants to prohibit people born in 2009 and later from buying cigarettes—forever.

Reason

Rishi Sunak’s Tory conference speech goes up in smoke as David Cameron and Liz Truss attack key plans

Former PMs lead open revolt against Sunak over plans to scrap HS2 northern leg and ban smoking for next generation

The Independent UK

Ask John Rentoul anything about Tory Party conference revelations – from HS2 to smoking bans

The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul will be taking your questions on the fallout from the Conservative Party conference

The Independent UK

Health charities welcome Sunak’s plan to curb smoking in England

PM’s plan to gradually increase age at which people can buy cigarettes described as ‘incredibly positive step forward’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak plans to raise the legal smoking age in England each year until it applies to whole population

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has proposed raising the legal age that people in England can buy cigarettes by one year each year until it applies to the whole population

The Independent UK

UK smoking ban: How will it work and who will be affected?

Proposed ban would make it illegal for the next generation to ever buy cigarettes

The Independent UK

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Rishi Sunak: 14-year-olds will NEVER buy a cigarette with new anti-smoking plans

THE legal age for buying tobacco should rise every year, the Prime Minister has said as he announced new proposals to crack down on smoking.

The Independent UK

Key takeaways from Rishi Sunak’s Tory conference speech - HS2, smoking ban and A-levels axe

PM was hoping to brush off days of party infighting and speculation about the future of HS2 with a pitch to fix Britain’s ‘broken’ politics

The Guardian - UK

Vaping and de-nicotinisation: what UK can learn from New Zealand’s smoking crackdown

Plan to ban next generation from buying cigarettes has received praise from health experts - but opposition from convenience store owners

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak to raise smoking age every year as part of new crackdown

Anyone aged 14 or younger now will never legally be sold a cigarette in their lifetimes under plans

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David Cameron slams Rishi Sunak for scrapping HS2 Northern leg in rare intervention

Boris Johnson also said he agrees with David Cameron’s criticism of the Tory leader

The Independent UK

Sunak announces crackdown on smoking

The Prime Minister said more must be done to ‘try and stop teenagers taking up cigarettes in the first place’.

The Guardian - UK

What to do about the tobacco companies still killing millions? Make them pay – and heavily

People close to me have died because of smoking, while firms reap huge profits. A new tobacco levy is the answer, says Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK

Evening Standard

Ed Sheeran claims he got so high smoking weed with Snoop Dogg that he ‘could not see’

The singer said he had always wanted to light up with the rapper but it did not go to plan

Zenger

Rapper Jason Martin Embraces Change With New Single And Name Transformation

Formerly known as 'Problem,' the Compton emcee releases a breakthrough single and prepares for upcoming project

Evening Standard

What is Stoptober? NHS scheme to help smokers quit this month

Research reveals smokers can expect positive changes as soon as two weeks after quitting, including having more energy

Evening Standard

Jake Abraham: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor dies aged 56

The actor was diagnosed with prostate cancer in February after leaving it ‘too late’ to get tested

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