Of the announcement, Dr Ayesha Verrall, health minister, said, “This is a historic day for the health of our people.”
She added, “We want to make sure young people never start smoking.”
The Guardian reported, “The government announced the rising age alongside other measures to make smoking unaffordable and inaccessible, to try to reach its goal of making the country entirely smoke-free within the next four years. Other measures include reducing the legal amount of nicotine in tobacco products to very low levels, cutting down the shops where cigarettes could legally be sold, and increasing funding to addiction services. The new laws will not restrict vape sales.”
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