Prime minister Rishi Sunak has shared plans to change the age limit for young people buying ciagrettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He shared plans to raise the age by a year every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He spoke at the Conservative Party Conference today to share his plans to tackle smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Sunak laid out plans to stop teenagers from picking up the habit as four in five smokers have started by the time they are 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Sunak said: “I propose, in the future, we raise the smoking age by one year every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“That means a 14-year-old will never legally be sold a cigarette and they and their generation can grow up smoke free.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Prime Minister announced the plans after previous success when raising the smoking age to 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He shared the plans in a bid to cut back on how preventable deaths and pressure on the NHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Sunak said: “In our country, smoking causes one in four cancer deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It kills 64,000 people a year and leads to almost one hospital admission every minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It significantly increases the risk of stroke, heart disease, dementia and stillbirths.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He explained the measures come as the number of smokers is already down two thirds on the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rishi Sunak spoke about the Conference on a number of changes to be introduced in the UK.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has shared plans to change the age limit for young people buying ciagrettes. He shared plans to raise the age by a year every year. He … <\/p>\n