British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak proposed a gradual ban on cigarettes on Wednesday that would prevent younger generations from ever buying the tobacco products, a measure that would make Britain one of the toughest anti-smoking countries in the world.
The law would annually increase the age of legal purchase of cigarettes from the current 18-year-old limit by one year every 12 months. If passed, the proposal would make the United Kingdom the first European country to ban the sale of cigarettes entirely to its young citizens."A 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette," Sunak said at the Conservative Party Conference on Wednesday.
U.S. critics of proposed bans on menthol cigarettes have also argued that cigarette bans create illicit markets for contraband, making purchasing and using products more dangerous and requiring increased police intervention.
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