The UK has approved a new law that will ban anyone born after 2008 from ever buying cigarettes, aiming to create a smoke free generation. The legislation also gives the government more power UK smoking ban and vaping ban could be introduced in new areas My London How smoking and cigarette laws are changing in 2017: Your guide to 10 packs, menthols and more Liverpool Echo Ban to stop children from ever smoking a cigarette to be introduced in Parliament The Independent