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'Why do we tolerate this?': Ex-smoker who started in primary school and had cancer three times welcomes calls to change the law

South Shields' Sue Mountain has had cancer three times due to smoking - she's backing calls to raise the legal age for buying tobacco after a landmark report.

Chronicle Live

People in Wales have strong objections to plans to hike smoking age every year

'Use education and harm reduction strategies instead'

Wales Online

Plan to slash smoking in England is backed by the evidence – but it could go even further

If smoking tobacco was invented today, there is little doubt it would be made illegal. The harm it does is simply too great.

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Smoking could be banned in beer gardens and on beaches as part of radical proposals

Dr Javed Khan is calling for measures to be put in place, hoping to move towards a smoke-free UK by 2030

Chronicle Live

Radical plan to ban smoking in most council houses

Proposed shake-up in tobacco laws would also see lighting up not permitted in outdoor places such as beer gardens, cafe pavements and beaches

Wales Online

Is vaping a safer alternative to smoking? We just don't know yet

Studies show that people who vape are more likely to progress to smoking tobacco products.

ABC News

Smoking in beer gardens outlawed in England under proposed tobacco laws shake-up

Ministers told they will not meet their pledge to make country smoke-free by 2030 unless reforms are brought in soon

Wales Online

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

Dr Javed Khan OBE has made some radical proposals that those living in council housing should be banned from smoking, as well as stubbing out the habit in pub gardens

Daily Mirror

Talking Point: Should the smoking age be raised each year?

Annually raising the minimum age for buying tobacco is among the recommendations in a Government-commissioned review.

Evening Standard

Government refuses to rule out banning smoking in beer gardens

Review also includes 9pm watershed and 18 rating on any film or TV programme depicting smoking

Bristol Post

Legal age for smoking ‘should rise and polluter tax must be considered’, says report

Among his 15 recommendations, Dr Javed Khan issued four critical ‘must-dos’ for the Government to be acted upon immediately

Evening Standard

Is raising the smoking age regressive or ingenious?

The Government is considering raising the legal smoking age from 18 by one year every year until eventually no one can buy tobacco, and familiar arguments have surfaced.

Evening Standard

Smoking age could increase each year until no one can buy tobacco anymore

Tobacco remains the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death in England, according to the Department of Health

Liverpool Echo

Age to buy cigarettes in England should rise every year, review says

The legal age of sale for cigarettes in England should be raised by one year every year until eventually no one can buy tobacco products, a government-commissioned review said on Thursday.

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Raise smoking age from 18 by a year, every year, until total ban, review finds

A review commissioned by the Department for Health and Social Care strongly recommends an annual increase to the age people have to be to buy tobacco

Manchester Evening News

Legal age for buying cigarettes should rise by a year every year, report states

The independent review set out a variety of recommendations to tackle smoking in the country

The Independent UK

Legal age for smoking should rise and ‘polluter tax’ must be considered – report

Among his 15 recommendations, Dr Javed Khan issued four critical ‘must-dos’ for the Government to be acted upon immediately.

Wales Online

Welsh Government backs plan to hike age you can buy cigarettes every year until everyone stops

A UK Government commissioned review said smoking should be made obsolete

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The Independent UK

Legal age to buy tobacco should be raised to make smoking obsolete – review

Almost six million people in England smoke, and tobacco is the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death, the Department of Health said.

The Independent UK

Smoking age should be raised each year until tobacco totally banned, government report says

‘We need to commit to making smoking obsolete, once and for all’ says Dr Javed Khan

The Guardian - UK

England going smoke-free by 2030 depends on No 10 willpower

Analysis: The question is not what is in the Khan review but whether its recommendations will be implement

Daily Mirror

Legal smoking age to buy cigarettes could be raised to 21 in 'radical' crackdown

A delayed review is set to be revealed on Thursday, commissioned by health secretary Sajid Javid, who has refused to rule out raising the age from 18 to 21

The Guardian - UK

Plan to raise smoking age to 21 to be unveiled amid UK government splits

Delayed review, which also suggests new taxes on tobacco firms, reportedly faced pushback from ministers

Tribune News Service

Proposed menthol ban highlights debate over ‘sin tax’ revenue

WASHINGTON — A proposed federal ban on menthol cigarettes has underscored the tension lawmakers face in using so-called “sin tax” revenue to fund critical social programs at the state and federal levels.

The National (Scotland)

Holyrood vaping plans targeted by 'astroturf' campaign from London PR firm

A PRO-VAPING group and a public relations firm in London were behind an astroturf campaign targeting Scottish Government proposals to regulate the…

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