All governments in the UK agreed to bring forward a UK-wide Tobacco and Vapes Bill as part of their response to the four nations ‘Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping’ consultation.
The UK-wide legislation, introduced in Parliament on March 20, 2024, will gradually increase the age of sale, making it an offence to sell tobacco products to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009. This means that children born on or after this date - those turning 15 this year and younger - will never be able to buy cigarettes.
The Bill also includes new powers to regulate displays, contents, flavours and retail packaging of vapes and nicotine products, allowing restrictions to target flavours marketed at children and to move vapes out of sight of children and away from products like sweets.
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