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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 February 2026
Debate
Tobacco and Vapes BillContribution
The idea that, because the Government ban a legal product, they will extinguish demand must be pure fantasy. The Government’s impact assessment, Modelling for the Smokefree Generation Policy, clearly presents that scenario 2, increasing the minimum legal age of purchase from 18 to 21, and scenario 4, implementing a generational smoking ban—my amendment and the Government’s policy—will result in the same outcome: that 0% of smoking prevalence will exist among 14 to 30 year-olds by 2050.
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