Liz Truss accuses government of 'finger-wagging, nannying control freakery' over cigarettes ban as...

Liz Truss today slammed Rishi Sunak for 'limiting freedom' with his plans for a cigarettes ban as MPs gear up for a crunch vote.

However, Mr Sunak has insisted it is right to protect children, while Chief Medical Office Chris Whitty dismissed criticism saying many people cannot give up after becoming addicted. It also gives the Government powers to tackle youth vaping, with restrictions on flavours and new rules on packaging and selling vapes.

She added: 'That is why, through this Bill, we are creating a smoke-free generation that will guarantee that no-one who is turning 15 or younger this year will ever be legally sold tobacco, saving them from the misery of repeated attempts to give up, making our economy more productive and building an NHS that delivers faster, simpler and fairer care.

'It is very important that until people have decision-making capability while they are growing up that we protect them. But I think the whole idea that we can protect adults from themselves is hugely problematic and it effectively infantilises people, and that is what has been going on. But Ms Atkins replied: 'Sadly, there is nothing inevitable about a decrease in smoking rates. Indeed in 2020, the United States saw the first increase in tobacco sales in 20 years and in Australia in 2022, the proportion of teenagers smoking increased for the first time in 25 years.'

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