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Proposed ban would make it illegal for the next generation to ever buy cigarettes

PM reportedly looking at emulating New Zealand’s ban on tobacco being sold to anyone born after 2009

It has been suggested the Prime Minister is looking at emulating New Zealand’s ban on tobacco being sold to anyone born after 2009.

Smokers will be encouraged to switch their fags for free vapes as part of a new government scheme, but health experts say the plans don't go 'far enough'

Pregnant women will also be offered up to £400 to stop smoking

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