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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Morgan Ofori

Over 1,200 health leaders call for swift passage of UK tobacco and vapes bill

A woman smoking
If the bill becomes law, it will make it illegal for anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 to ever buy tobacco. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

More than 1,200 public health leaders have called for the tobacco and vapes bill to be passed swiftly through parliament to “protect future generations”.

They said in a cross-party letter that the “gamechanging” measures outlined were “far too important to let it slip off the agenda”.

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