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Pregnant women could receive up to £400 to stop smoking under new plans

‘Swap to stop’ scheme comes despite increasing alarm about rise in young people vaping

Pregnant women will also be offered financial incentives of up to £400 to quit under Government plans.

Health minister Neil O’Brien said the Government would soon bring forward its plans for practically eliminating smoking by the end of the decade.

Sanskriti Shukla converted to Islam before she married Javed Khan last year in Haryana’s Faridabad. They had been in a relationship for seven years, but they are now in hiding after threats from Hindutva vigilantes, including the Bajrang Dal and the Bittu Bajrangi-led Gau Raksha Bajrang Force.

Everyone in England would eventually be banned from buying cigarettes under the plan, which was presented to Tory ministers last year - and will be looked at by Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting

Whitehall sources say he is abandoning the scheme to raise the legal age for buying tobacco one year every year until no-one was able to buy cigarettes at all

Tobacco companies are pouring money into e-cigarettes and making them attractive to teens, says Sarah Boseley, the Guardian’s former health editor

Therese Coffey was unable to say whether she is scrapping a plan to get England smoke-free by 2030

Health Secretary Therese Coffey, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, said she was 'not aware' if a Government target to get the country 'smoke free' by 2030 had been axed

Officials say health secretary will not publish plan, as campaigners warn ‘smoke-free’ UK is seven years behind target