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LGA on Tobacco and Vapes Bill
“We fully support the Government’s smokefree generation ambitions, which will improve the lives and health of people across the country.
Commenting on the introduction to Parliament of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, Cllr David Fothergill, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said:
“We fully support the Government’s smokefree generation ambitions, which will improve the lives and health of people across the country.
“Local government has led the way tackling the harms caused by smoking, whether that is calling for a ban on smoking in public places or funding smoking cessation services.
“Raising the legal age of sale for tobacco products is a progressive policy that will help reduce smoking prevalence and the damaging effects on health, while we strongly endorse the measures on vapes, to help reduce their appeal to children.”