Plans to raise legal smoking age in UK to 21 could be unveiled by government:

Radical plans to raise the legal smoking age in the UK to 21 as part of a review backed by the health secretary could be unveiled before the end of this week, reports say.

The review is expected to arrive on Thursday in a bid to slash the number of smokers in Britain to 5 per cent by 2030.

Led by former Barnardo’s CEO Javed Khan, the report is expected to recommend that the legal age to purchase cigarettes be raised and that new taxes be levied on profits made by tobacco companies.

But The Guardian reported there is resisitance from within government regarding the changes.
Plans to raise legal smoking age in UK to 21 could be unveiled by government: Radical plans to raise the legal smoking age in the UK to 21 as part of a review backed by the health secretary could be unveiled before the end of this week, reports say. The review is expected to arrive on Thursday in a bid to slash the number of smokers in Britain to 5 per cent by 2030. Led by former Barnardo’s CEO Javed Khan, the report is expected to recommend that the legal age to purchase cigarettes be raised and that new taxes be levied on profits made by tobacco companies. But The Guardian reported there is resisitance from within government regarding the changes.
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