Will banning kids 14 and under from buying cigs REALLY work?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Cancer Research UK's chief executive Michelle Mitchell said: 'Raising the age of sale on tobacco products is a critical step on the road to creating the first ever smoke-free generation.' Deborah Arnott, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health, said: 'The Prime Minister has today announced an unprecedented set of measures to protect the next generation and hasten the day when smoking is obsolete.
52% : The latest data from the Office for National Statistics show traditional smoking is already on the decline in the UK.
50% : Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today unveiled a plan to progressively raise the legal age of sale of cigarettes, effectively meaning a 14 year-old will never be able to legally purchase them The PM said the nation must take action to break the cycle of smoking addiction for the next generation (stock image)
48% : Government announces it will enforce tobacco display ban and consider plain packaging for tobacco products 2015:
44% : Department of Health publishes plans to make England smoke-free by 2030 2020: Menthol cigarettes are banned in the UK and EU Advertisement Professor Linda Bauld, an expert in public health at the University of Edinburgh, said: 'These proposals in England are good news for public health and the future health of the nation.

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