Anti-smoking: British lawmakers vote in favour of strict rules [Video]

LONDON –

British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favour of plans to introduce some of the world’s strictest anti-smoking rules, giving the green light for the bill to progress to the next parliamentary stage.

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to make vapes less appealing and would ensure anyone aged 15 this year, or younger would be banned from ever buying cigarettes.

After a lengthy debate in the parliament’s House of Commons, a total of 415 lawmakers voted in favour of the bill while 47 voted against it.

It would ban vape advertising and the sale of vapes in vending machines, as well as restricting vape packaging and flavors that overtly appeal to children and young people, such as bubble gum and cotton candy.

“The number of children vaping is growing at an alarming rate and without urgent intervention, we’re going to have a generation of children with long-term addiction,” Labour …