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New legal requirements restricting sales and giveaways of all nicotine and vaping products take effect across the UK on 29/10/26, including a new minimum age of 18 for all sales.

New report reveals stark gulf between tobacco industry claims and official figures, as illegal cigarette consumption falls almost 90%.

Hundreds of health, education and public health professionals have written to the Health Secretary urging the Government to stand firm in the face of industry campaigns against new regulations designed to protect children from tobacco and nicotine marketing.

ASH says new duty could stop vapes being sold at pocket-money prices, but its impact on smokers, prices and the illicit market must be independently monitored