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Banning smoking for life

The UK government has voted to ban the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2009.

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The story  

Buying cigarettes is to become illegal for anyone born after 2009 – for their whole life.

Lawmakers in the UK have approved a government plan to create a smoke-free generation.

The law will make the sale of tobacco products, but not the act of smoking, illegal.

Tobacco use is the UK's single biggest preventable cause of death, killing 80,000 people every year.

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strong rejection of an idea
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prevent a plan happening
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crazy
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