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UK passes generational smoking ban - should we do the same?

A lifelong smoking ban in the UK has been agreed to - but only for people born after 2008. This m...

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15.47 22 Apr 2026


UK passes generational smoking ban - should we do the same?


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A lifelong smoking ban in the UK has been agreed to - but only for people born after 2008. This means that anyone born on January 1st 2009 onwards will legally not be allowed to purchase tobacco…

Is this something we should replicate here? Would it be possible?

Joining Shane to discuss is Dr Frank Haughton, Principal Investigator at the HEALR Research Group in Technological University of the Shannon.


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