Sunak’s Proposal: Raising the Legal Smoking Age Year by Year in the UK

2023-10-05 01:54:56

British Prime Minister Sunak proposed a plan to raise the legal smoking age year by year at the annual meeting of the ruling Conservative Party yesterday. From the current age of 18, it will be raised by one year every year, which means that on January 1 this year (2023) Anyone over the age of 14 will be unable to legally buy cigarettes for life. This is the most significant public health measure in the UK in the past 30 years. However, in order for the proposal to come true, Congress must vote to pass it.

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: “We must tackle the biggest and completely avoidable cause of illness, disability and death, which is smoking.”

British Prime Minister Sunak has made a historic proposal to raise the legal smoking age by one year every year. In other words, starting from the generation born following January 1, 2009 and who are now 14 years old, they will be unable to legally smoke for life. Buy cigarettes.

The British Prime Minister proposes a smoke-free generation, and those aged 14 and above will not be able to buy cigarettes for life

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: “Smoking puts pressure on the National Health Service and costs the country £17 billion every year. Now we have the opportunity to reduce cancer deaths by a quarter, significantly reduce the pressure on health care and protect children.”

Vowing to create a “smoke-free generation”, Sunak also plans to further restrict children’s access to e-cigarettes.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: “One in five children has used e-cigarettes and we must take action before it becomes an epidemic.”

Sunak proposed the plan at the Conservative Party’s annual conference. Most party members responded positively, but a few were not optimistic.

Nevorov, a member of the upper house of parliament: “I think this is a very smart approach. It bans people from smoking at the beginning instead of banning drug addicts, which I think is impossible.”

Conservative Party member Cooper: “I don’t think it will be successful. I think it won’t be added until it reaches a certain age.”

According to British official research, 4 out of 5 people who start smoking before the age of 20 will never quit smoking. Smoking also ranks first among various preventable “health killers”. One in every four cancer deaths is related to smoking.

Various health insurance costs, shortened life span and other economic losses caused by smoking cost the UK approximately NT$670 billion every year.

The authorities estimate that if the new measures are successfully implemented, the UK will be able to reduce the number of smokers by 1.7 million by 2075 and create economic benefits of NT$3.3 trillion.

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