Smoking Ban: MPs Will Vote on Plan to Raise Smoking Age and Ban Vapes

MPs will vote today on plans to prevent future generations from being allowed to smoke. The legislation will raise the legal age for buying cigarettes in England by one year, each year until it applies to the whole population. Disposable vapes will also be banned outright, with reusable ones limited to four flavours.
Professor Chris Whitty says vapes 'themselves are not safe' as the majority of them have nicotine in them. He adds that 'we don't know the extent of the long-term effect of vapes.'
smoking is responsible for around 80,000 deaths annually and is the UK’s single biggest preventable killer, costing the NHS and economy an estimated £17 billion a year-far more than the £10 billion annual revenue from tobacco taxation.
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[@dianeirvine7624]

Why don’t they ban the boats - that’s extremely bad for ones health

[@robertowen7369]

How is it ?

[@paulgollum1]

​@@robertowen7369Open your eyes, pal, for ffs.

[@Charlotte-wx4jz]

Completely different subject. Please stay on topic. Also whose health, yours or theirs!?

[@pjj177]

Why would they ban them when they pay France so much to facilitate the safe crossing 😂

[@paulgollum1]

@@Charlotte-wx4jz Bore off. Who are you the online police?

[@The_Stranger1986]

How about mind your own business and let adults do what they want.

[@chinazaokeke44]

It will help the nhs reduce number of future smoke/vape related diseases thus reducing patients overload from smoking. Which will ultimately help you British.

[@Sol_Invictus_]

No. It reeks, causes second hand damage to non smokers and puts an undue strain on the NHS

[@chinazaokeke44]

@@Sol_Invictus_ exactly. 💯 💯

[@TomBradshaw-ot9zb]

its because nicotine increases focus, they want to docile

[@_Area-51]

Hardly ​@@chinazaokeke44

[@gillstreeter9095]

So is alcohol dangerous....... but youre happy to continue to encourage people to drink. 😢

[@teelo523]

Banning alcohol just won't work

[@tobytroubs]

they subsidise the Bars in Westminster

[@crow4936]

​@@teelo523 Same with smoking , aren't drugs banned? Get my point? The government are useless and not fit for purpose. All parties are corrupt and this guy needs to stop trying to tell people what to do. Things will hit the fan soon and these people will realise they can't control nature.

[@dinsdalepiranah1189]

@@tobytroubs And you can smoke in them as well.

[@IcYMilliex]

THIS 💯

[@paulineinnes5319]

If politicians were more concerned about real life issues that would be better,they have ruined our beautiful country.

[@JH-ck1nr]

Spot on. They are the problem !!!

[@Kevin-eg3mf]

Mickey mouse news, leave us alone! who wants a Marlborough can have as they wish!

[@DarrenBird-jc6gz]

How will they pay for it? The money that is used for hospitals comes from National Insurance when £11 million people dont pay it plus millions more that comes from abroad that dont pay either. I think that certain illnesses caused by Extreme sports, smoking, vaping, should be covered by Private medical care. People that have fallen over that go to A&E ? There should be other places they attend that are not emergencies this would free up a lot of money. Why does every hospital have a different operating system? this makes no sense

[@stuartmiller7419]

Never mind the long term affects of vapes, what about your mRNA Covid vaccines, which had minimal testing?

[@suzyhorrigan1544]

The ghoul that tried to wipe out humanity rears its head....

[@user-jr6rq5eg4h]

Wars are more dangerous than vapes stop them

[@pdog2502]

ahhh yes. just that easy. starting to think vaping kills brain cells.

[@dandlion7748]

Scary thing is..not in the long run..

[@SuperWadman]

not in the long run, this ban has been a long time coming

[@kerrymcgeachy3571]

Get rid off alcohol then that's worse stop telling people what to do with there lives

[@JH-ck1nr]

What, like you just have !!!

[@My_Legs_Hurt]

If they banned alcohol there'd be a riot in Downing Street

[@Dragonaut111]

A ban on alcohol would be committing political suicide, even worse than what the Tories have done so far

[@junehill4636]

Why dont they vote on having a major overhaul of the NHS ???..perhaps that will save some more lives !!!

[@PETE4955]

Completely beyond Parlement.

[@TheManorBeast]

This is one tbh

[@HyperActiv_TTV]

Ban Politicians, that’ll save us more!

[@TowerBlockTracy]

WEF PUPPET

[@c1carnage933]

Stop sniffing the glue

[@Hoozpoppin]

Do you believe the earth is flat?

[@TowerBlockTracy]

@@c1carnage933 Oh thing I smell is your parents disappointment..

[@eddieclegg1386]

​@@c1carnage933still wearing a mask no doubt 😂✌️🐑🐑😷😷👀

[@eddieclegg1386]

​@@Hoozpoppinstill wearing a mask no doubt 👀😷😷🐑🐑✌️😂

[@jonharris1654]

MP's need to stop telling people how to live their lives as that is not what their job is and start doing their actual job of administering the running of the country.

[@karlharvey4806]

Nailed it on the head my man, run the country not our daily lives, all this will do is create a black market

[@anti-stupid-not--vax9629]

If you've voted then the job is whatever they want to do 😂

[@watcheronly71]

​@@karlharvey4806yeah we should legalised all drugs because they all are in "black market"

[@karlharvey4806]

@@watcheronly71 probably better off dude how many years and resources have been wasted on this war on drugs to what avail? People are gonna do what people do, come up with an alternative that doesn't drain valuable resources for no progress

[@speedboostr]

100%

[@keysiblaze]

What ever happened to personal choice and freedom. What is it the feminist like to say my body my choice

[@mrday8005]

Im sure a ban will work. Just like banning cannabis has....

[@paulferguson7860]

Stop tell people what they can and can't do that's not the job of the government.

[@Dragonaut111]

@support_people_not_evil Smoking brings in a huge amount more money in tax than the NHS spends on dealing with smoking related illness, the NHS will be far worse off without the tax money from smokers. Google it, there's Guardian articles on it.

[@steaustin8789]

It's a walking demon

[@hushnight2585]

What this law will eventually achieve is a very vibrant black market; as exists for cheap cigarettes with no taxes paid, as it is with cannabis for personal use and all that. You can’t legislate a ban against a habit. Rather you fund services that help stop the addiction and invest in counter-addictive messaging. This isn’t rocket science

[@zuzannanowicka6348]

In about 10 years, I will have to search for tobacco dealers 😂😂 If this country and everything as we know will survive at all, considering all the warfares and far-right that does surround us

[@shennel7304]

But why is it all about smoking, what about alcohol??? No1 ever talks about the dangers of alcohol, there's me thinking we was on a democracy but apparently they are taking the right to choose away, if they can do this what else will they stop us doing in the future

[@jamonit7169]

Smokers are a minority group now, if it went to a referendum I'd vote with the smokers even though I've never smoked. I'd just like them to stop littering.... You forget the government can stop us doing anything they want if they declare an emergency and get the MSM to coerce more than half the country that it's for our own safety!

[@kizzywytch]

Exactly! But they make to much money on alcohol tax. AND, non of them would give up their tipples

[@paulcampbell840]

Unlike alcohol, where repeated excess can have negative consequences, there is no safe dose for smoking.

[@kizzywytch]

@paulcampbell840 but, how many kids get hold of it, is my point. And there absolutely is a limit for where its safe. Personally and for the effects it has on society as a whole.

[@kevinb9830]

@@kizzywytch There's some alcohol which is good for you in moderation. That's not the same with smoking.

[@user-fh9mq3ux4n]

pandemic excess deaths man

[@Cherrytune386]

That would be BJ.

[@jetster785]

Urggh the Tories have never been so more hated and I'm not even a vape user!

[@markgidley7089]

Caning, detentions and cigarette confiscation and the significant expense of smoking never stopped kids smoking at my school. People will smoke if they want to whatever laws are brought in.

[@truth121]

Cant stand looking at Dr death

[@karlharvey4806]

I vote for dictartors to be banned, fudge off telling us what to do

[@AnkleMuncher]

Ill have to start spelling it like that KZbin censors to much truth I guess

[@watcheronly71]

Ban smoking is not telling you what to do at all

[@AnkleMuncher]

@@watcheronly71 its forcing you instead but they are dictat""ors so they will force us too do alot even go to war soon

[@ClownHunt123]

@@watcheronly71 You’re telling adults not to smoke …

[@watcheronly71]

@@ClownHunt123 yeah cause smoking suks

[@kizzywytch]

Why not ban alcohol then...no? Thought not. Stay out of our private lives

[@bearfacts7944]

I bet it’s not more dangerous than boosters!

[@philipjohnkaye8890]

Chief medical officer my backside, alcohol is just as bad as smoking and nothing is said about that.......

[@Sol_Invictus_]

Because there would be riots if they did that

[@lurch_27]

They should ban alcohol considering thats easy to get especially on corner shops 🤔 😂😂😂 so would they ban alcohol ill loved to see that ban especially in pubs lol 😆 🤣

[@samhodgins9804]

It doesn't matter if alcohol is bad or tobacco is better.. people should be against the nanny state per se

[@paulgollum1]

It feels as though this country is starting to model itself on North Korea. Ffs, stop interfering in the trivial stuff and concentrate on stuff people care about - like the mass invasion taking place daily on the Kent beaches.

[@mickp222]

How about the stress this Government has caused due to lock downs that were not needed.

[@kanedNunable]

250k in uk died due to late lockdowns. 1k died in japan where they locked down quick. but sure. pillock

[@ricardosmythe2548]

Witty has lost all credibility

[@user-li2me1wy4l]

Chris whitty what about your COVID JABS

[@robertmckinnon6564]

He's got some nerve turning up again. Hopefully fewer people will listen to him this time.

[@user-li2me1wy4l]

@@robertmckinnon6564 should be in jail .........

[@scotty9964]

Mr Safe and effective.

[@lw1zfog]

Mr Fully Te$ted.

[@anti-stupid-not--vax9629]

Mr not experimental

[@redbeard3923]

Mr DNR

[@pjj177]

😂

[@ClownHunt123]

Pfizer. It’s got electrolytes. 🎉

[@eclectic_gamer]

it will just go black market and be totally unregulated

[@kanedNunable]

or people will swap to refillable ones which are much stronger and more addictive. but rishi's mate sells them so they are ok.

[@paulwatson1521]

4 footballers collapse during live games in the past 3 weeks, they must have all been vaping.

[@c1carnage933]

Which ones?

[@anti-stupid-not--vax9629]

Safe an effective

[@pjj177]

​@@c1carnage933vaxed ones . It's appears conspiracy theorists are immune to myocarditis.....

[@jameselliott1491]

@@c1carnage933 Pfizer Vapes. Menthol flavour…. Meant to be safe…. And meant to be effective.

[@jameselliott1491]

It’s safe and defective.

[@repairworld2367]

Ban everything except caviar and champagne. The uncleaned classes can't afford those items.

[@Alexroberts666]

ffs are you kidding me? this is our "conservative" party??

[@trulymental7651]

Horrendous habit , do something about the tobacco companies, everyone knows that prohibition DOES NOT WORK.. Teenagers, myself included, start because they are NOT allowed. I am 62 , it is the one thing I can't beat .

[@cooldata2000]

As if they really give a FCK, about our health...

[@watcheronly71]

We do

[@samhodgins9804]

Exactly they don't

[@Neil-qf6df]

If smoking gets banned then alcohol needs to get banned, both are a drain on the NHS.

[@dinsdalepiranah1189]

Well, they took away the sweet cigarettes because they said it encouraged kids to smoke. Kids like to mimic grown ups. So we gave adults vapes and the kids copied them. I liked sweet cigs, a liquorice pipe but I never became a smoker. However I still like sweets. When one considers the effect of government on people perhaps it is them that need banning.

[@JH-ck1nr]

Just !! off telling people what to do and think and say. Concentrate on sorting out the real issues in Britain. The public are sick of it and them.

[@Cxncxnz]

Basically were getting controlled as usual

[@gamania122]

well, if you ban vapes, you should've done that earlier, now all of them are going to transition to cigarettes.

[@kanedNunable]

they will just buy the non-disposable ones which are far stronger. but rishi's mate sell those, now wonder why the disposables are being banned eh?

[@EliteRock]

7:50 _"... but we know that, multiple things, that if you inhale them compared to if you eat them, can be extremely dangerous"._ - and yet In the UK and US several hundred 'traditional' additives are permitted in tobacco because they are considered safe as _food_ additives, but little to no enquiry ever seems to have been made into how much they add to the detrimental effects of smoking, which beyond any doubt many of them do. A blanket ban of ALL (or practically all) additives to tobacco would see a substantial reduction in smoking related illness (will never happen of course).

[@hughmungus6838]

Klaus Swabb says hello 👋

[@PoopyShaw-rf7nc]

Does this mean they're going to stop the boats then ,???

[@robertmckinnon6564]

No, there's no plan to stop them. Not now not ever.

[@xelakram]

Has this man ever heard of the disaster that was the Prohibition in the States? It had to be reversed. It is to be hoped that this smoking ban will also have to be reversed if it passes through Parliament.

[@garrymcfadden4105]

Wish he’d said it about the vacks

[@tobytroubs]

yup...talking will be banned soon

[@ginvr]

Power mad, Smaller Gov, Fewer regulations

[@Fordftw]

Let’s focus on the war in Europe and the Middle East and how much that is costing the tax payer. Ciggerettes and vapes causing damage to health and a strain on the nhs should be the least of our problems.

[@jamesgilheany9624]

Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save lives. Obliterate everything else.

[@SCARLETXXXTREME]

Have they got nothing better to do? The country is in ruins and they rant on about vaping. They dont seem to say much about exhaust fumes which everyone breathes in and is 100 times more toxic. Oh but less cars on the road means less money for the Government....

[@TrulyHerbal]

And sweeties shouldn’t be promoted to children either of course . Extremely harmful,

[@xelakram]

This man says that smoking is very dangerous in pregnancy. Of course it is! Pregnant women shouldn't smoke for the duration of the pregnancy. But that is not a reason for banning smoking for everyone else! What a fool!

[@lw1zfog]

so is trialling experimental medications, but he seemingly had zero qualms about that

[@aishaarshadalam3412]

It's dangerous for everyone. Google COPD. It's not just lung cancer you get.

[@michaelenglish2066]

safe and effectuve he said and was wrong on that point

[@xelakram]

Christopher Whitty is such an unimpressive man!

[@user-zy9yg2eu5t]

How so? He saved our lives from COVID?

[@toolsey2]

@@user-zy9yg2eu5t hopefully that’s a joke ?

[@xelakram]

@@user-zy9yg2eu5t He might have saved YOUR life from Covid. He didn't save MINE. Of that, I am sure. I saved my own life by not going outside of the house. I did not have all those Covid jabs, thank God. I had one and it made me feel awful for days. But my comment here has nothing to do with his abilities or advice on Covid. My comment here relates to the incremental smoking ban for adults. He stated some things in that interview which I simply do not agree with. And, before you counter comment, remember that I am entitled to my opinion. I am committed to democracy. These people have no right to take our democratic rights away from us. This ban won't affect me, and for two reasons: 1. I am old enough to keep on smoking if I wish - the ban will never affect me, unless maybe if I live to be 130! -but I am fighting for the little democracy we have left in this country; and 2. I am no longer a smoker, but an ex-smoker (please see my other comments).

[@xelakram]

@@toolsey2 No, it is NOT!

[@melmorrison1400]

@@user-zy9yg2eu5toh no he didn’t 🤮

[@DonnaHetherington]

Someone should make a programme of these so called mp and go into there homes and see how they live and what they do in theyre spare time . And ban food and drink in Parliament.

[@Justsagacious342]

I haven’t had a cigarette in 7 years . My morning cough has gone and I have not had one chest infection since . Banning vapes will make me go back to smoking sadly and would significantly shorten my life .

[@Fordftw]

Same with me, I vape to steer clear of my past cigarette addiction.

[@superspecky4eyes]

Or just have some will power.

[@Justsagacious342]

@@superspecky4eyes we are humans . We like things that maybe aren’t so good for us . Just look at all the obese people . I’m a healthy slim weight . More people are unhealthy from eating too much but no government seems to do much about that .

[@crow4936]

​@@superspecky4eyesor just do what you like if your not hurting others and ignoring these controling types who know nothing. Or you can stay a sheep and blind

[@gimme376]

They're banning disposable vapes specifically, you can still vape. Media literacy is still down the toilet I see.

[@Arichtofen]

I guess no politician has stocks and shares in vape companies .

[@callumr9032]

💯👌 you nailed it!

[@OldGamer67]

After the lies Chris Whitty spewed during Covid I cant take anything he says seriously !

[@StewartMarsden11440]

It's not about health. It's about raising tax as usual. Greedy government. I have vaped since quitting smoking 9 years ago. I, nor anyone I know has so far had any ill effects from vaping. I have never committed an act of violence or a crime after vaping or smoking. So are we going to ban drink for future generations? I mean it's addictive, bad for health and causes untold crime. When there is evidence that vaoing damages health I will stop.

[@hushnight2585]

Arrant nonsense really. We are not living in a communist State. People have the right to drink-which is dangerous and causes cancers-. They should have the same right to smoke and bear the consequences of their own choice. What will the State regulate next? The type of shower gel to use?

[@aishaarshadalam3412]

Consequences of smoking is usually COPD and that is progressive condition which doesn't get better and decrease the quality of your life as you age. And obviously it means you end up using the NHS more.

[@hushnight2585]

@@aishaarshadalam3412yes. Diabetes from excessive sugar intake, psychosis from alcohol etc all threaten the NHS at a same or greater level. But how does some group of men sitting in Whitehall and suggesting four colours fix vaping or smoking? The whole law insults the intelligence of adults by grouping them together with children and essentially imposing some ‘school master’ over them. Ask your local corner store attendant about ‘polish cigarettes’. Higher nicotine, no taxes paid but still they flourish in the UK.

[@bearfacts7944]

MRNA is safe😂😂😂😂

[@robertmckinnon6564]

Apart from myocarditis, turbo cancers and a few other minor ailments, yes it's safe

[@thejdemon]

15 year olds were buying cigarettes or vapes? From where?... Does this law change literally anything, because to me it seems pointless. More nothingburger.

[@leosedf]

As a vaper , they should ban disposables, they are late. Major damage to the environment and waste of lithium.

[@guywilkinson]

The biggest issue with disposable vapes is that they contain a lithium battery and electronics. You see a lot of disposable vapes chucked on the streets. Admittedly there's loads of other stuff we should worry about, but we shouldn't have wee waste lying around on the streets.

[@paulatavares5220]

Banning vapes it's the most pressing issue in UK now ? Seriously? Why do I feel that they are always distracting us with useless stuff instead of tackling the real problems ???

[@garyunknown3743]

where was his concern for children when he let 13 year old children decided to take an untested vaccine

[@lmr3639]

How can this man show his face.

[@robertmckinnon6564]

He's got some nerve hasn't he?

[@Renegade1127]

2 people smoking, cop ask their ages, arrests one and not the other. The one arrested was born one day after the other. How the f**k is that going to work ?

[@paulatavares5220]

Alcohol misuse is the biggest risk factor for death in the UK and will carry on because alcohol is allowed , alcohol is fine , they advertise it everywhere , all the time ! Lately there is not a single movie or series that alcohol isn't shown ! Alcohol is great for everything , when you 're sad , happy , stressed , depressed , you wanna celebrate , or mourning someone .......! Every year around 76,000 people in the UK die from smoking but they want to ban vapes??? The governments are all such hypocrites trying to legislate something that's none of their business ! In one hand they don't care about children because if they were, they should work harder to stop the knife crime and everything related. They should find solutions , like after schools activities to keep them busy , hence with no time to be smoking or doing anything else .

[@HyperActiv_TTV]

It’s corner shops and newsagents that sell to kids.

[@DonnaHetherington]

Yes when they've travelled back home and got them ,countries a big joke .

[@justine66100]

why don’t you feel as strongly about alcohol and the health effects and how much it costs the NHS? when are we having that banned?

[@donmongoose]

Need to stop worrying about flavours and colours and just focus on the obvious issue, cheap, disposable vapes sold in cornershops to under-age kids, it's not rocket science.

[@user-gz1eq3xf2g]

How about stopping the excess of sugar and salt put into food and drink which gets into children food and drink just look into children obesity down to excess sugar and salt ?

[@tiffa01]

Whitty looks like he's had a few dodgy vapes

[@jadilewis455]

Absolute joke how this is such an issue. Suzannah is so condescending. And this policing the country over everything is tedious. Cutting out flavours for vaping, the black cigarette packs. Why? Adults will still smoke and as a parent I’d always educate my children not to follow in my footsteps, as a vaper that smokes a few per day.

[@mattj7607]

Ban it all they want im still doing it

[@fpxpGetReal]

Poverty does more damage ,WHAT is the government doing about that ! !

[@EliteRock]

In my town, go into any 'corner shop' just after school emptying and you'll find a constant stream of teenagers choosing their flavour of disposable vape from a floor-to-ceiling wall of them behind the counter.

[@ronnieright4935]

This man has not got a good track record...look to the past.

[@felixsanders1691]

Hang on....they are already 18 plus to buy, but you are admitting that you can't enforce that otherwise marketing wouldn't matter, ... so how are you going to enforce the new age limits on cigarettes....

[@colindoherty1891]

More nanny state interference

[@vbhandle79]

Why not do the same with alcohol too? It causes health issues, can trigger anti social behaviours and certainly affects families of those growing up in a “drinking” household. We are enabling a nation of functioning alcoholics, but no one seems to care about that🤷🏼‍♀️

[@prideofdurham4776]

What about the smoking in the House of Commons toilets , and the bar? Are you going to stop Penfold Gove getting his three lines?

[@bobattoe5129]

instead of getting the house to vote, what about asking the public if they want them or not, after all these people work for us, not we work for them, this big brother state is getting out of hand now, how much freedom do we have now.

[@thetrufth-hw8pu]

So out of touch its scary

[@zuzannanowicka6348]

The only thing I do agree with is banning the disposable vapes as they are environmentally harmful

[@melmorrison1400]

Anyone believe a word coming from this man

[@thetrufth-hw8pu]

Yeah lets trust the guy who guided us through covid pmsl

[@crisper1614]

My body my choice.

[@ohyeah2816]

Are you sure the Tories will go against big tobacco?

[@phoenixodwyer3810]

How does Susan know that people who vape, vape all day? 😅

[@cyberdudekhany]

Yep raise the age so young people will commit an offenc which will generate income.ban vapes because the revenue has dropped since vape took off, so it's a win win for the government!!

[@Animal-Reaction-Clips]

Its not about stopping people from vaping becaue vapjng actually helps with stop smoking tobacco. These people want people to continue smokjng tobacco

[@kanedNunable]

and behind that counter i see fruity flavoured vodkas. i assume they are 'aimed at children' too eh?

[@richardpawlowski7722]

Wouldn't listen to Whitty's advice, especially after the Covid debacle.

[@edwardlewis7468]

On the contray, I was a smoker and would always finish a cigarette. I now vape and in comparison take just a couple puffs. Its much much healthier, I am 63 with no smoking related health issues. If i could go back to 1985 I would never have started, such a waste of money (80+% taxation).

[@bethanhamer.8669]

Christ Whitty asking us to believe him!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@xxMxchiixx]

When they started the ridiculous tax increases many started going to cheaper alternatives which are unregulated and much more damaging to the health of the person so him saying the numbers of people buying cigarettes went down yes they did but the black market grew obviously he is misinformed