UK Sets Up Framework to Eventually Ban Cigarettes for All
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The UK has the vapors over tobacco.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that he plans to raise the legal smoking age by one year every year, effectively banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008. For Big Tobacco, this might not be the scariest proposition, but more worrying is the accompanying announcement that the UK government plans a "major crackdown on youth vaping."
Source Fool.com
