Member

The noble Lord, Lord Clarke, suggested that he may be asked for his birth certificate in his later years, as any of us may be. I assure him that the Bill does not affect current smokers. It is aimed at those born after 1 January 2009. Modelling shows that creating a smoke-free generation is expected to help reduce the smoking rate of 14 to 30 year-olds to near zero by 2050. Over the next 50 years, that will save tens of thousands of lives and avoid up to 130,000 cases of lung cancer, strokes and heart disease. For me, these are prizes worth having.