Today (December 6) is the closing date for submissions to the Government consultation, 'Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping'.

The consultation includes questions on the Government's plans to ban the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to all future generations of adults born on or after January 1, 2009.

The Government is also consulting on a possible ban on disposable vapes and other restrictions on e-cigarettes.

You have until 23:59 tonight to submit your views online, even if it's only a simple 'Agree', 'Disagree', 'Don't know'. Click here.

Poll: 18-year-olds SHOULD be allowed to buy tobacco

A new poll has found that almost three-fifths (58%) of people in Britain say that when people are 18 and legally an adult they should be allowed to purchase cigarettes and other tobacco products.

The survey, conducted by Yonder Consulting for Forest, found that 58% of respondents think that if a person can vote, drive a car, buy alcohol, or possess a credit card at 18, they should also be allowed to purchase tobacco.

Fewer than a third (32%) said they should not be allowed to purchase tobacco products when they are legally an adult at 18, while 10% said 'don't know'.

Simon Clark, director of Forest, said:

"As soon as you are legally an adult you should be treated like one and allowed to buy tobacco, if that's your choice.

"We can't have a two-tier society in which some adults are permitted to buy cigarettes, and others are denied the same opportunity."

He added:

"Banning the sale of tobacco to future generations of adults is gesture politics by a prime minister who has run out of ideas and is desperate to leave a legacy.

"It ignores the consequences for law-abiding retailers, who will have to enforce this absurd policy, and drives a stake into the heart of traditional Conservative values such as freedom of choice and personal responsibility."

Freedom up in smoke



And finally, do watch this short video, a collection of soundbites from our recent event at Old Queen Street Cafe in Westminster.

Featured speakers include Baroness Fox of Buckley (above), Reem Ibrahim (Institute of Economic Affairs), Conor Holohan and Benjamin Elks (TaxPayers Alliance), Olivia Lever (Blue Beyond), Henry Hill (ConservativeHome), and Ella Whelan (Academy of Ideas).

Click here or on the image above.

Thank you for watching!