Government introduces Tobacco and Vapes Bill to ensure smokefree generation

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The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that the Tobacco and Vapes Bill has been introduced to protect future generations across the UK from the harmful effects of smoking. The Bill delivers on the Prime Minister's commitment to create a smokefree generation. The Bill will ensure children aged 15 and below will not be sold tobacco and will introduce new powers to limit vape flavours and packaging that is intentionally marketed towards children. These powers will allow the government to change and restrict how vapes are displayed in shops and strengthen enforcement officers’ powers, which will allow them to issue ‘on the spot fines’ of £100. It will also be illegal to give free samples of vapes to under 18s under the Bill.