Will the government’s plan to stop young people smoking work?

About this episode

The episode discusses the UK government's new law aimed at preventing young people from smoking by prohibiting tobacco sales to those born after 2008.

A  law will make it illegal for people born after 2008 from buying tobacco in the UK Writer: Poppy Bullard Producer: Casey Magloire Host: Casey Magloire Episode photography: Joe Mee Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Casey Magloire

Topics covered

• tobacco regulation
• youth smoking
• public health
• UK law
• government policy

Keywords

• smoking
• tobacco
• youth
• UK government
• public health policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Observer

Places: UK

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