Legislation passes second reading in Commons as Streeting says it will 'come down on the vaping industry like a ton of bricks'
Legislation passes second reading in Commons as Streeting says it will 'come down on the vaping industry like a ton of bricks'
The legislation also includes a ban on vape advertising and sponsorship, including displays seen by children and young people such as on buses, in cinemas and in shop windows, bringing them in line with tobacco restrictions. Conservative MP Bob Blackman called for the legislation to go further and include a levy on tobacco companies’ profits to hold them responsible “for the blight on our population’s health”.He said: “Both of my parents died from smoking-related cancer. My late mother was only 47, and she was a very heavy smoker all her life. I was then left as a 23-year-old with three younger sisters to bring up as a family.
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