Is banning smoking "unconservative"?

This Is Why · Apr 16, 2024 · 23m

'Absolutely nuts' was how former Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Rishi Sunak’s plan to gradually phase out smoking – banning anyone born since the start of 2009 from ever being able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products like vapes.

Liz Truss, who was also briefly prime minister in-between the two men, is also among some critical of the proposal – which she described as 'profoundly unconservative'.

Tories are being given a free vote in the Commons – allowing them to vote with their conscience, not necessarily the government.

But will the policy create a smokefree generation? And what…