{"id":101662,"date":"2026-07-03T18:49:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/the-uks-generational-tobacco-ban-might-not-work-im-supporting-it-anyway\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:49:40","slug":"the-uks-generational-tobacco-ban-might-not-work-im-supporting-it-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/ja\/the-uks-generational-tobacco-ban-might-not-work-im-supporting-it-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK\u2019s generational tobacco ban might not work. I\u2019m supporting it anyway."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-chronoton-summary=\"&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A permanent, generational ban:&lt;\/strong&gt; The UK's new Tobacco and Vapes Act permanently bans tobacco sales to anyone born after January 1, 2009\u2014forever, no matter their age. It's an unprecedented &quot;endgame&quot; approach designed to eliminate smoking entirely, not just reduce it.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No guarantee it will work:&lt;\/strong&gt; New Zealand passed a similar law in 2022, only to see it repealed two years later. The Maldives is the only country that has actually implemented one, and it's too soon to know if it's working.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A once-radical idea going mainstream:&lt;\/strong&gt; Eleven years ago, advocates pushing generational bans were told they were crazy. Today, 23 Massachusetts towns have enacted similar policies, and the UK law has health agencies worldwide asking: can we do this here?&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt;\" data-chronoton-post-id=\"1140036\" data-chronoton-expand-collapse=\"1\" data-chronoton-analytics-enabled=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p>As the parent of two little girls, I often think about how their childhood is different from mine. The seven-year-old is learning about AI at school. The five-year-old is given internet-based homework every week. And they are both absolutely repulsed by the idea of smoking.<\/p>\n<p>That was not the prevailing sentiment when I was young. My parents smoked. The customers at our family\u2019s restaurant smoked. Cartoon characters smoked. My friends and I would buy little cigarette-box-shaped packets of sugary white sticks and pretend to smoke in the playground. Smoking was a central part of our culture.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why the UK\u2019s recent passing of a generational sales ban on tobacco products feels like such a big deal. As part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bills.parliament.uk\/bills\/3879\">Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026<\/a>, retailers are prohibited from selling tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, in perpetuity. It doesn\u2019t matter when those people turn 18\u2014or 38 or 68, for that matter. It will always be illegal to sell to anyone born after that date.<\/p>\n<p>This is what\u2019s described as an \u201cendgame\u201d approach. While many tobacco control strategies\u2014such as taxation or gory imagery\u2014aim to reduce consumption, policies like the UK\u2019s are designed to <em>eliminate it entirely<\/em>. It\u2019s a new approach, and no one knows whether it will work.<\/p>\n<p>The Maldives was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/nov\/01\/maldives-becomes-the-only-country-with-generational-smoking-ban\">the first country<\/a> to implement a generational smoking ban, in November last year. It\u2019s too soon to say how that has panned out.<\/p>\n<p>Nor do we know if these laws will even last. In 2022, New Zealand passed a similar generational sales ban as part of a broader anti-smoking law. But it was never enacted\u2014the law was repealed by a new government in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, both major parties support the ban. But Nigel Farage, whose right-wing party has seen a recent surge in support, has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/03\/23\/reform-will-repeal-the-generational-smoking-ban\/\">promised<\/a> that \u201cthe generational smoking ban will not last long if Reform gets the chance to start rebuilding our mismanaged country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Bostic, an attorney and former policy director for the advocacy group Action on Smoking and Health, says he and his colleagues began promoting the idea of a generational ban in the United States 11 years ago. Back then, they struggled to win support, even from major health charities. \u201cPeople said we were crazy \u2026 [and] that this was impossible,\u201d he says. Opponents argued that bans would infringe on personal freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public health argument is: Well, what about freedom from addiction?\u201d says Britta Matthes, a tobacco control researcher at the University of Bath in the UK. Most people who smoke began when they were teenagers,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/tobacco\/php\/data-statistics\/smoking-cessation\/index.html\">want to quit<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1660-4601\/14\/4\/390\">wish they\u2019d never started<\/a>. Tobacco is arguably the most harmful consumer product of all time. It will kill half its users who don\u2019t quit,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/tobacco\">according to the<\/a>\u00a0World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<p>It also kills people who don\u2019t smoke. Of the 7 million who die from tobacco every year, 1.6 million are nonsmokers who were exposed to secondhand smoke,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/tobacco\">according to the<\/a>\u00a0WHO.<\/p>\n<p>Generational sales bans are a long-term strategy that will only protect future smokers. Most experts agree that people who already smoke should be a main consideration for any policy, and that a multipronged approach is probably the best way to go. Janet Hoek at the University of Otago, who has explored tobacco control policies in New Zealand, believes that enforcing very low limits on nicotine levels and banning filters\u2014an environmental scourge that does not make smoking safer, as many people believe\u2014might be a \u201cpowerful combination,\u201d for example.<\/p>\n<p>But preventing teenagers from starting to smoke in the first place is an enticing prospect,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ash.org.uk\/uploads\/8703-Public-support-for-a-smokefree-society_2025-09-18-144416_ocjm.pdf?v=1758206656\">even among the majority of people who smoke<\/a>. And it\u2019s starting to look a lot less radical.<\/p>\n<p>The US has quietly been making progress on a smaller scale. Since 2021, Brookline, a town in the Boston area, has banned the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2000. The idea has spread. Today there are 23 towns in Massachusetts with similar bans, says Bostic. Nine towns across Minnesota, New York, and California have implemented other endgame policies.<\/p>\n<p>The UK law has normalized the idea more than ever, he adds. His colleagues are already fielding calls from health agencies around the world. \u201cPeople [are] saying, <em>Wow I can\u2019t believe the UK just did this\u2014can we do this here?<\/em>\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Norms change. Like many other millennials, I vividly remember my first night out after a ban on indoor smoking took effect. My clothes didn\u2019t stink! My hair still felt clean! And my throat wasn\u2019t scratchy the next morning! Now that\u2019s just normal. I hope a tobacco-free world can be the new normal for my kids.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the parent of two little girls, I often think about how their childhood is different from mine. The seven-year-old is learning about AI at school. The five-year-old is given internet-based homework every week. And they are both absolutely repulsed by the idea of smoking. That was not the prevailing sentiment when I was young. My parents smoked. The customers at our family\u2019s restaurant smoked. Cartoon characters smoked. My friends and I would buy little cigarette-box-shaped packets of sugary white sticks and pretend to smoke in the playground. Smoking was a central part of our culture. Which is why the UK\u2019s recent passing of a generational sales ban on tobacco products feels like such a big deal. As part of the\u00a0Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026, retailers are prohibited from selling tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, in perpetuity. It doesn\u2019t matter when those people turn 18\u2014or 38 or 68, for that matter. It will always be illegal to sell to anyone born after that date. This is what\u2019s described as an \u201cendgame\u201d approach. While many tobacco control strategies\u2014such as taxation or gory imagery\u2014aim to reduce consumption, policies like the UK\u2019s are designed to eliminate it entirely. It\u2019s a new approach, and no one knows whether it will work. The Maldives was\u00a0the first country to implement a generational smoking ban, in November last year. It\u2019s too soon to say how that has panned out. Nor do we know if these laws will even last. In 2022, New Zealand passed a similar generational sales ban as part of a broader anti-smoking law. But it was never enacted\u2014the law was repealed by a new government in February 2024. In the UK, both major parties support the ban. But Nigel Farage, whose right-wing party has seen a recent surge in support, has\u00a0promised that \u201cthe generational smoking ban will not last long if Reform gets the chance to start rebuilding our mismanaged country.\u201d Chris Bostic, an attorney and former policy director for the advocacy group Action on Smoking and Health, says he and his colleagues began promoting the idea of a generational ban in the United States 11 years ago. Back then, they struggled to win support, even from major health charities. \u201cPeople said we were crazy \u2026 [and] that this was impossible,\u201d he says. Opponents argued that bans would infringe on personal freedoms. \u201cThe public health argument is: Well, what about freedom from addiction?\u201d says Britta Matthes, a tobacco control researcher at the University of Bath in the UK. Most people who smoke began when they were teenagers,\u00a0want to quit, and\u00a0wish they\u2019d never started. Tobacco is arguably the most harmful consumer product of all time. It will kill half its users who don\u2019t quit,\u00a0according to the\u00a0World Health Organization. It also kills people who don\u2019t smoke. Of the 7 million who die from tobacco every year, 1.6 million are nonsmokers who were exposed to secondhand smoke,\u00a0according to the\u00a0WHO. Generational sales bans are a long-term strategy that will only protect future smokers. Most experts agree that people who already smoke should be a main consideration for any policy, and that a multipronged approach is probably the best way to go. Janet Hoek at the University of Otago, who has explored tobacco control policies in New Zealand, believes that enforcing very low limits on nicotine levels and banning filters\u2014an environmental scourge that does not make smoking safer, as many people believe\u2014might be a \u201cpowerful combination,\u201d for example. But preventing teenagers from starting to smoke in the first place is an enticing prospect,\u00a0even among the majority of people who smoke. And it\u2019s starting to look a lot less radical. The US has quietly been making progress on a smaller scale. Since 2021, Brookline, a town in the Boston area, has banned the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2000. The idea has spread. Today there are 23 towns in Massachusetts with similar bans, says Bostic. Nine towns across Minnesota, New York, and California have implemented other endgame policies. The UK law has normalized the idea more than ever, he adds. His colleagues are already fielding calls from health agencies around the world. \u201cPeople [are] saying, Wow I can\u2019t believe the UK just did this\u2014can we do this here?\u201d he says. Norms change. Like many other millennials, I vividly remember my first night out after a ban on indoor smoking took effect. My clothes didn\u2019t stink! My hair still felt clean! And my throat wasn\u2019t scratchy the next morning! Now that\u2019s just normal. 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