Is banning smoking "unconservative"?

'Absolutely nuts' was how former Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Rishi Sunak’s plan to gradually phase out smoking - banning anyone born since the start of 2009 from ever being able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products like vapes.
Liz Truss, who was also briefly prime minister in-between the two men, is also among some critical of the proposal - which she described as 'profoundly unconservative'.
Tories are being given a free vote in the Commons - allowing them to vote with their conscience, not necessarily the government.
But will the policy create a smokefree generation? And what will it mean for Conservative Party ideology?
Niall Paterson looks at the health implications with Alice Wiseman, vice president of The Association of Directors of Public Health, and the politics of the policy with Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby and Tory peer Lord Frost, who disagrees with the planned legislation.
Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Podcast Promotions Producer: Iona Brunker
Senior producer: Annie Joyce
Editors: Philly Beaumont and Paul Stanworth

[@Shaney850]

Will be another thing for dealers to sell, good job keep it up😂

[@RaRa-eu9mw]

It's a good move. Disgusting habit.

[@leeatkinson1582]

Ah yes, the black market for tobacco could really do with a boost! Great move 😂

[@stamfordmeetup]

the immigrant crisis is a bigger problem

[@CHIEF_420]

🧂

[@josephgee143]

Ban Zionism, not smoking.

[@paradisehub9382]

True, in fact today I could barely leave my cheap and dirty house and step into my deprived town center without encountering a Zionist. Cost of living crisis, NHS waiting lists, antisocial behavior, rampant immigration, wasteful gov spending and the rapid increase in gang violence cannot even compare to the constant threat that zionism poses to the average Joe. All that banter about Alan's snack bar on the weekends really is for an admirable cause.

[@slightlyconfused876]

Difficult as it is a World phenomenon not a British one. So a pointless comment.

[@facitenonvictimarum174]

Banning smoking is just banning suicide.

[@quwipyui6519]

exactly same ideas came from Putin

[@ivanconnolly7332]

They are blowing smoke down your rabbit hole.

[@MoneyGist]

Just stop after the first 10 minutes.

[@lilithsrainb23lionsrloose19]

Load of bullshit £1-19 for 10 on way to school in my day
I went on to smoke everything else