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Reuters
Reuters
Health
Farouq Suleiman

Age to buy cigarettes in England should rise every year, review says

A person smokes a cigarette in Canary Wharf in London, Britain May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Marika Kochiashvili

The legal age of sale for cigarettes in England should be raised by one year every year until eventually no one can buy tobacco products, a government-commissioned review said on Thursday.

Progressively increasing the minimum age from 18 was one of 15 recommendations in a review ordered by health minister Sajid Javid to help meet a target to be "smokefree" by 2030. Smokefree is defined as 5% smoking prevalence or less in England.

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