UK smoking ban: MPs vote in favour of Rishi Sunak’s “smoke free generation” bill

MPs have voted in favour of Rishi Sunak’s landmark bill to create a “smokefree generation”. The Prime Minister granted Conservatives a free vote on the issue, with some rejecting the plan over concerns it limits people’s freedom of choice. But the bill passed its first legislative hurdle with the vote 383 to 67. The plan would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after 1 January 2009 and was announced by Sunak in his speech to the Conservative # conference last year. Read more about the story 👇 Get more of City A.M. 👇 🌐 X(formerly Twitter): Facebook: Instagram: LinkedIn: #uksmoking #smoking #smokingban #ukpolitics #smokefree #vaping #news #uknews #smokinglaw #tobacco #ri