MPs to vote on landmark smoking bill

If passed, the bill will progress to the next parliamentary stage. It will help achieve one of the three key shifts in the government’s ‘10 Year Health Plan’, to move from sickness to prevention.

The bill includes plans to clamp down on youth vaping with many of the measures specifically aimed at protecting children.

Subject to consultation, the sale of vape flavours that overtly appeal to children, such as bubble gum, gummy bears and cotton candy, could be banned, alongside restrictions on vape packaging that is designed to appeal to young people.

Wes Streeting, the health and social care secretary, said, “The number of children vaping is growing at an alarming rate and without urgent intervention, we’re going to have a generation of children with long-term addiction.