{"id":1522,"date":"2022-06-16T06:02:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T10:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2022-06-16T06:02:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T10:02:40","slug":"uk-report-smoking-age-should-be-raised-yearly-until-cigarettes-are-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/uk-report-smoking-age-should-be-raised-yearly-until-cigarettes-are-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Report: Smoking Age Should Be Raised Yearly Until Cigarettes Are Banned"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>A report commissioned by the UK government recommends gradually raising the legal smoking age yearly, in a bid to phase out smoking among young people.<\/h5>\n<p>Titled \u2018The Khan review: Making smoking obsolete\u2019 was an independent review of the UK government\u2019s 2030 smoke-free policies, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-khan-review-making-smoking-obsolete\/making-smoking-obsolete-summary\"> report<\/a> encourages the use of vapes for smoking cessation. \u201cIt is great that the UK seems to keep supporting vaping to help smokers quit despite the unfounded attacks in other parts of the world. Vaping is proven to be one of the most successful smoking cessation methods. The UK is the beacon of hope for smokers who want to quit, and other governments should follow their lead,\u201d said Michael Landl, Director of the global vaping advocacy group World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA).<\/p>\n<p>Released earlier this month, the report also recommends raising the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2017\/12\/13\/differing-opinions-about-raising-the-tobacco-age-limit-to-21\/\">tobacco age limit<\/a>from 18 by one year each year, so that within a number of decades nobody would be able to purchase the products in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full text <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2022\/06\/15\/uk-report-smoking-age-should-be-raised-yearly-until-cigarettes-are-banned\/\">here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report commissioned by the UK government recommends gradually raising the legal smoking age yearly, in a bid to phase out smoking among young people. Titled \u2018The Khan review: Making smoking obsolete\u2019 was an independent review of the UK government\u2019s 2030 smoke-free policies, the report encourages the use of vapes for smoking cessation. \u201cIt is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wva-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK Report: Smoking Age Should Be Raised Yearly Until Cigarettes Are Banned - World Vapers&#039; Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/uk-report-smoking-age-should-be-raised-yearly-until-cigarettes-are-banned\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK Report: Smoking Age Should Be Raised Yearly Until Cigarettes Are Banned - World Vapers&#039; Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A report commissioned by the UK government recommends gradually raising the legal smoking age yearly, in a bid to phase out smoking among young people. 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