itemprop=description content=A new law would stop children who turn 14 this year and those younger from ever legally buying cigarettes or tobacco in England.
Teetotal Rishi Sunak revealed he has never had a cigarette – but said it was “irrelevant” to his proposal to raise the legal smoking age annually.
Mr Sunak outlined plans in his Tory Party conference speech to introduce a new law that would stop children who turn 14 this year and those younger from ever legally buying cigarettes or tobacco in England. Asked on LBC on Friday whether he had ever smoked, Mr Sunak, who also does not drink, said: “No, and it has absolutely no relevance to anything. The issue here is about protecting our kids.
“Smoking is the single biggest cause we have of death, disability and illness in the UK. It causes one in four cancers. 64,000 people die every year.”
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