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Patrick Daly

Rishi Sunak ‘considering outlawing cigarettes for the next generation’

Downing Street has not denied reports that the Prime Minister could accept a recommendation that would effectively ban cigarettes for the next generation.

Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures by steadily increasing the legal age for consuming tobacco, according to The Guardian, which cited Whitehall sources.

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