Congratulations on the smoking ban, Rishi, but it won’t do you any favours
The IndependentI think Rishi Sunak did the right thing for the country by bringing in a bill to raise the legal age for buying tobacco. As Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, put it: “This is a product which is designed to take your choice away from you.” Sunak offered his MPs a free vote in an attempt to dilute the impact of the Tory rebellion, but his ploy didn’t work. Some right-wingers grumbled privately that the “unconservative” measure illustrated “Sunak’s identity crisis”, recalling his various attempts to be the “changemaker” and the “stability candidate”. When Sunak announced his smoking plan last October, many Tories still believed their party could avoid a general election drubbing. Although the public, including Tory voters, support Sunak’s smoking ban, a majority of Tory grassroots members oppose it.
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UK smoking ban: How will it work and who will be affected?
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Government told ‘no time to waste’ reviving smoking ban legislation
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Rishi's anti-smoking Bill runs out of time due to snap election
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Whitty: Arguments against plan to ban youngsters from smoking ‘surprising’
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New Zealand repeals world-first smoking ban passed by Jacinda Ardern
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Rishi Sunak goes it alone on smoking as New Zealand ditches nanny state cigarette ban
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Sunak says he has never smoked but it is ‘irrelevant’ to proposed crackdown
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Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban is barmy, says Boris Johnson
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British prime minister proposes a decades-long scheme to gradually ban all cigarette sales
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Sunak announces crackdown on smoking
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Key takeaways from Rishi Sunak’s Tory conference speech - from smoking ban to A-levels axe
The IndependentRishi Sunak is promising to change Britain. He starts with railway cuts and a crackdown on smoking
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Liz Truss to vote against Sunak’s ‘illiberal anti-conservative’ smoking ban
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Sunak considering total ban on cigarettes for future generations
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