People of all ages are being invited to take part in a public consultation seeking views on plans to crack down on youth vaping by reducing the appeal, affordability and availability of vapes to our children.
The consultation launched on October 12, 2023, is open to anyone, of any age, in the UK and includes proposals to restrict child-friendly flavours and brightly coloured packaging. People have eight weeks to share their experiences and opinions and help shape future policy on vaping and smoking.
Last week, the prime minister unveiled plans to introduce a new law to stop children who turn 14 this year or younger from ever legally being sold cigarettes in a bid to create the first ‘smokefree generation’. Smoking is the UK’s biggest preventable killer – causing around one in four cancer deaths and 64,000 in England alone – costing the economy and wider society £17bn each year.
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