Amassing roughly 25,000 responses – including from healthcare professionals, public health experts, academics, teachers, parents and teenagers – officials will analyse results, and ministers will set out the next steps in the following weeks, including details on the forthcoming Tobacco and Vapes Bill recently announced in the king’s speech.
The majority of the public is behind the plans, and the government says it is determined to take vital action quickly to protect future generations from the harms of tobacco addiction.
The government’s response to the consultation will be published ahead of the bill’s introduction to Parliament in the new year.
Andrea Leadsom, the public health minister, said, “As a former teenage smoker, these historic plans might just have prevented me from ever lighting a cigarette.
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