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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

UK should ban smoking and slap taxes on fruit juice says George Osborne

Britain should ban smoking and slap taxes on fruit juice, former Chancellor George Osborne has said.

The Tory austerity architect said “anti-nanny state Conservatives” are “not worth listening to” as he demanded major interventions to curb obesity and cancer rates.

Mr Osborne said the UK should follow New Zealand by raising the age of smoking over time so young people can never light up legally.

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