UK tobacco control review recommends raising age of sale each year (updated)

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09/06/2022 09:34

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    LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - A British government commissioned
review into tobacco controls on Thursday recommended the legal
age of sale for tobacco products in England be raised by one
year every year until eventually no one can buy such products.
    The review, ordered by health minister Sajid Javid in
February, recommended 15 interventions to help the government
meet its target to be 'smokefree' by 2030.
    One of its central recommendations was: "Raising the age of
sale from 18 by one year every year, until eventually no one can
buy a tobacco product in this country."  
     


 

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