Bill to ban younger generation from smoking and crackdown on vapes clears first hurdle Politics News Sky News The UK has passed the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, a major public health law aimed at reducing smoking and nicotine addiction in future generations. The bill will become law once it receives Our plans to protect future generations from the harms of tobacco and nicotine are back in Parliament this week. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will help: children avoid a lifetime of Today the Tobacco and Vapes Bill gained Royal Assent, the final step in becoming law. This means that young people born on, or after, 1 January 2009 will never legally be able Virginia bill could ban flavored vapes, e cigarettes Why do tobacco control groups oppose a bill on disposable vapes?