LONDON (AP) — The British government’s plan for a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking was expected to clear its first hurdle Tuesday despite vocal opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party.
The bill, a key policy announced by Sunak last year, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009. It has the support of the opposition Labour Party and was expected to pass. But Sunak faced rebellion from more libertarian-minded members of his party, who criticized the proposals as “unconservative.”
If passed, the bill will give Britain some of the toughest anti-smoking measures in
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