Britain's lifetime smoking ban set to become law
Published on: April 27, 2026, 7:40 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
The bill raises the legal age for buying tobacco by one year, every year, starting with people born in and after 2009, meaning affected age groups face a lifetime ban. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the public health charity that has long pushed for tougher tobacco controls, estimates smoking among 16- and 17-year-olds is already low and says that will make the policy easier to phase in.
