The British King's Speech: The Labour Government Will Promote New Tobacco Laws And Did Not Mention The Ban On Disposable E-cigarettes

The British King's Speech: The Labour government will promote new tobacco laws and did not mention the ban on disposable e-cigarettes

The British king confirmed in his speech that the new Labour government will propose the Tobacco and Electronic Cigarettes Bill to gradually raise the age for buying tobacco and restrict the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes, but did not mention the previous government's ban on disposable e-cigarettes.

According to Politico on July 17, the British king confirmed in his speech on Wednesday (17th) that the new Labour government will propose a bill to gradually raise the age for people to buy cigarettes and impose restrictions on the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes.

Under the proposed Tobacco and Electronic Cigarettes Bill, children born on or after January 1, 2009 will never be able to legally purchase tobacco products.

The bill will also prohibit e-cigarettes and other consumer nicotine products from being deliberately branded and advertised to attract children.

The Tobacco and Electronic Cigarettes Bill was originally proposed by the previous Conservative government and voted in the House of Commons in April.

The bill has also passed the committee review stage, but it still needs to pass the third reading of the House of Commons, the third reading of the House of Lords, amendments and royal assent before it can become legislation.

However, the King's Speech did not mention the previous government's separate ban on the sale of disposable e-cigarettes in England, which was due to take effect in April next year.

In January this year, then-opposition leader Keir Starmer criticized the Conservative government for failing to ban disposable e-cigarettes in a timely manner. But Starmer's Labour Party did not mention the policy when it published its election manifesto in June.