DARK SECRETS: 3 - The Real Truth

Welsh Government backs plan to hike age you can buy cigarettes every year until everyone stops

A UK Government commissioned review said smoking should be made obsolete

Wales Online · Jun 9, 2022

Legal age to buy tobacco should be raised to make smoking obsolete – review

Almost six million people in England smoke, and tobacco is the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death, the Department of Health said.

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Legal age for buying cigarettes should rise by one year every year says report

The Government report would ban the current generation of children from ever buying cigarettes

Wales Online · Jun 9, 2022

Legal age for buying cigarettes in UK could be upped to 21 - or even 25

A Government plan to make the UK smoke-free by 2030 will be published this year

Wales Online · May 30, 2022

Legal smoking age in UK could rise to 21 after ‘radical’ review

New recommendations on smoking policy reportedly have the backing of health secretary Sajid Javid

The Independent UK · May 21, 2022

'Radical' changes could see England's legal smoking age raised

It's part of a plan to promote vaping over smoking, it is reported

Wales Online · May 21, 2022

Legal smoking age in England could be raised to 21 as UK hopes to be ‘smoke-free’ by 2030

An independent review is also expected to support new taxes on tobacco company profits

Liverpool Echo · May 21, 2022

Legal smoking age in England could be raised to 21 – report

Independent review also expected to support new taxes on tobacco company profits

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2022

Bulldozers in Shaheen Bagh: Shopkeepers say they received no notice, heard about it from media

At around 2 pm on May 9, Mohammad Abbas* stood in front of his building, inspecting the damage.

Newslaundry · May 9, 2022

Hindu, Muslim inmates of UP prison keep alive 50-year roza tradition

LUCKNOW: In the dingy confines of a cell in UP's Barabanki district jail, Rakesh Kumar and Javed Khan share more than just the few square feet that echo their loneliness, despair and occasional stirrings of hope.

The Times of India · Apr 21, 2022