{"id":29954,"date":"2025-05-29T21:27:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T21:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/msps-back-tobacco-ban-plan-for-smoke-free-generation\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T21:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T21:27:40","slug":"msps-back-tobacco-ban-plan-for-smoke-free-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/msps-back-tobacco-ban-plan-for-smoke-free-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"MSPs back tobacco ban plan for ‘smoke free generation’"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\"BBCBBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
\n

MSPs have given their consent to UK legislation which aims to create a “smoke-free generation”.<\/p>\n

The Scottish Parliament passed a legislative consent motion, which means MSPs agree to Westminster passing a law which affects a devolved area.<\/p>\n

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is UK-wide legislation<\/a> that would ban tobacco products for anyone born after January 1, 2009.<\/p>\n

It would also bring in restrictions on the advertising and sale of vapes, as well as reviewing the packaging of e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Public health minister Jenni Minto welcomed the “landmark legislation”, with MSPs approving her motion unanimously.<\/p>\n

She said: “We have worked closely across the four nations to ensure a consistent approach and I am determined to ensure a tobacco-free Scotland, where people live longer and healthier lives, by 2034.<\/p>\n

“The Bill, once passed, will also ban vapes and nicotine products from being deliberately promoted and advertised to children, stopping the next generation from becoming hooked on nicotine.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

The legislation has passed votes in the House of Commons and is currently going through the House of Lords.<\/p>\n

It includes a ban on vape advertising and sponsorship, as well as powers to restrict the flavours and packaging of vapes in an attempt to reduce their appeal to children.<\/p>\n

It is part of a series of measures aimed at tackling the health effects of smoking, one of the UK’s leading causes of preventable death, disability and ill health.<\/p>\n

Smoking rates have fallen in recent years but vaping rates have risen sharply, especially among under-35s and those who have never used cigarettes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BBC MSPs have given their consent to UK legislation which aims to create a “smoke-free generation”. The Scottish Parliament passed a legislative consent motion, which means MSPs agree to Westminster passing a law which affects a devolved area. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is UK-wide legislation that would ban tobacco products for anyone born after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[546,758,6267,3711,127,6604,8335],"class_list":["post-29954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-ban","tag-free","tag-generation","tag-msps","tag-plan","tag-smoke","tag-tobacco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29956,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29954\/revisions\/29956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}