Watch stay: MPs discuss and vote on landmark bill to create smokefree generation

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Watch stay because the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which might prohibit the sale of tobacco to folks born after 1 January 2009 and limit sale of vapes, is debated in parliament on Tuesday 16 April.

MPs will discuss and vote for the primary time on authorities plans to cease younger folks from ever smoking.

Rishi Sunak sees the bill as a key a part of his long-term legacy as he bids to “stamp out smoking for good”.

However, the prime minister is about to face opposition to the laws from inside his personal social gathering.

The bill has attracted condemnation from senior Conservatives together with former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, who argue it impacts upon folks’s freedoms.

England’s chief medical officer, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, has rejected these “pro-choice” arguments and urged resistance to the plan was “surprising”.

Mr Sunak has granted his MPs a free vote on the difficulty later on Tuesday, with a number of anticipated to reject the plan – though with Labour supporting it, the measure is probably going to comfortably clear its first House of Commons hurdle.