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 a vote of 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 👇 https://www.cityam.com/mps-to-vote-on-rishi-sunaks-bill-to-create-smokefree-generation/ Get more of City A.M. 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cityam #uksmoking #smoking #smokingban #ukpolitics #smokefree #vaping #news #uknews #smokinglaw #tobacco #rishisunak #conservativeparty Produced by: Larissa Howie, Scarlett Wild, Emmanuel Nwosu