2, 3 The greatest effect is achieved by people who quit at a younger age, and if smoking cessation occurs early enough, it can improve life expectancy by almost ten years (compared to if they continued smoking)
Where it is available, it costs significantly more than chop-chop but significantly less than legal tobacco
Scotland implemented their own age of sale and proxy purchasing regulations in April 2017,[6] and Northern Ireland in February 2022.[7] From 20th May 2016, a regulatory framework for e-cigarettes was introduced in the UK under the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).[8] From that date, the advertising or promotion, directly or indirectly, of electronic cigarettes and re-fill containers on a number of media platforms, including on television, radio, newspapers and magazines, was prohibited
Jean King, director of tobacco control for Cancer Research UK, said: "For any organisation to promote a report saying that plain packaging can't and won't work without making clear that the authors are tobacco industry apologists is unacceptable