Can Britain quit smoking for good? - with Philip Morris International

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Can Britain quit smoking for good? - with Philip Morris International

MPs have voted to back Rishi Sunak’s progressive smoking ban. Can it work? The Tobacco & Vapes Bill includes new legislation to increase the smoking age by one year, every year, banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 1st January 2009. MPs have voted the bill through its second reading and it is now in the committee stage. The tobacco firm Philip Morris International have pledged to move away from selling cigarettes, and instead focu…