British health report to recommend raising smoking age to 21
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid allegedly ordered a report on smoking age in the U.K. over concerns that Prime Minister Boris Johnson intended to shelve the anti-smoking initiatives.
In this Wednesday, June 30, 2021 file photo, Britain's newly appointed Health Secretary Sajid Javid looks at photographers as he puts on a face mask to curb the spread of coronavirus as he gets into his ministerial vehicle after leaving 10 Downing Street in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) A person smokes a cigarette. ( ) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech at Lydd Airport, south east England, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Britain says it has struck a deal with Rwanda to send some asylum-seekers to the central African country, a proposal that has been condemned by opposition politicians and refugee groups. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool) ( )
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said that the goal is to bring that number to below 5% over the next eight years, and raising the legal age for smoking to 21 could prove a crucial part to that plan.
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