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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alahna Kindred

Smokers living in council housing could be banned from lighting up, new report suggests

Smokers who live in council housing could be banned from lighting up under a new crackdown on cigarettes.

The legal age for buying cigarettes in England should be raised to 21 and then rise by a year every year, a new report has advised.

The findings of the independent review led by Dr Javed Khan OBE will be considered and a response published as part of the government’s Health Disparities White Paper.

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