A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report on means of requiring tobacco companies to meet the costs of smoking cessation services; to make provision about the advertising and marketing of products that are alternatives to tobacco; to require tobacco companies to publish information about their activities in relation to such products; to create an offence of selling tobacco without a licence; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
12 February 2019
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The Tobacco Bill would introduce measures to curb tobacco harm. It would require a government report on how tobacco companies could fund smoking-cessation services, regulate advertising and marketing of products that are alternatives to tobacco, and require tobacco firms to publish information about their activities related to those products. It would also create an offence of selling tobacco without a licence and include other related provisions.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons. It had its first reading in 2018 and has not yet progressed to committee stage.
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