UK's Prime Minister Announces Smoking Ban

 Prime Minister of The United Kingdom Rishi Sunak, has announced plans for a UK smoking ban by raising the legal smoking age by one year, every year. Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference on Wednesday, Sunak stated that the age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco in England should rise by one year every year so that eventually no-one can buy them. Under the plan, the age of sale would rise from 18 every year so a child aged 14 today would never be allowed to buy tobacco. Critics of the British PM's new policy say it could lead to the creation of a black market.

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Mr Sunak said in his speech: “Four in five smokers have started by the time they’re 20, later the vast majority try to quit but many fail because they’re addicted and they wish they had never taken up the habit in the first place. If we could break that cycle - if we could stop the start - then we would be on our way to ending the biggest cause of preventable death and disease in our country. I propose that in future we raise the smoking age by one year every year. That means a 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette and that they and their generation can grow up smoke free.”