I’ll wipe out smoking & come down on vapes like ton of bricks, Streeting vows in Labour Party conference grilling [Video]

VAPING firms have been warned the Labour Government will come down on them like a “ton of bricks”.

Wes Streeting insisted e-cigarette puffing is a “great tool” for people who want to quit smoking.

But he told Never Mind The Ballots he is anxious about an entire generation of kids being “hooked on nicotine” through vaping.

The new Labour Government has put a Tobacco and Vapes Bill back on the legislative agenda, which aims to impose limits on the sale and marketing of vapes.

The Bill also carries through Rishi Sunak’s policy of eventually phasing out cigarettes by stopping anyone born after January 2009 from ever smoking.

And secret Whitehall papers seen by The Sun last month revealed ministers are …