Plans to stop young people born since 2009 ever smoking are being debated and will be voted on later.
Rishi Sunak’s bill aims to create the UK’s first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention.
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill would ensure anyone turning 15 from this year would be banned from buying cigarettes, and also aims to make vapes less appealing to children.
A number of Tory MPs have told the BBC they won’t back the bill.
The BBC understands that Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch is considering voting against the plans.
Smokers are some of the nastiest people when it comes to littering.
Smokers litter!
Great now that we have established this fact of life, force tobacco corporations to make cigarette butts biodegrade at a faster rate.
I just don’t get that.
When I was young I would just toss them out the window, but as I got older I realized how fucked up that was.
It doesn’t take long to just stick the butt out the window and let the cherry burn off, then you can trash it in the car without the smell