Tobacco Ban Backfire
6 November 2024
SUGGESTED
In the Media
Media
Tax and Fiscal Policy
19 November 2024
Chris Snowdon writes for ConHome
IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon wrote about the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in ConservativeHome.
Chris wrote:
“Kemi Badenoch has described the generational tobacco ban as the least conservative policy of the last Conservative government. In both ideological and party-political terms, she is surely correct.
“Rishi Sunak borrowed it from Wes Streeting of the Labour Party who had borrowed it from Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party in New Zealand. When a conservative coalition replaced Ardern’s government last year, the generational ban was repealed.
“Britain is now the only country in the world that is still taking the bizarre idea of banning people born after 2008 from ever buying tobacco products seriously.
“Sunak’s adoption of the policy may have been a sop to Chris Whitty and an attempt to build a legacy, but we can expect the Labour government to pursue it with genuine zeal.”
Read the full article here.
Chris wrote:
“Kemi Badenoch has described the generational tobacco ban as the least conservative policy of the last Conservative government. In both ideological and party-political terms, she is surely correct.
“Rishi Sunak borrowed it from Wes Streeting of the Labour Party who had borrowed it from Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party in New Zealand. When a conservative coalition replaced Ardern’s government last year, the generational ban was repealed.
“Britain is now the only country in the world that is still taking the bizarre idea of banning people born after 2008 from ever buying tobacco products seriously.
“Sunak’s adoption of the policy may have been a sop to Chris Whitty and an attempt to build a legacy, but we can expect the Labour government to pursue it with genuine zeal.”
Read the full article here.
SHARE
