英国将永久禁止未来世代购买香烟。

英国将永久禁止未来世代购买香烟。
UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes

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英国议会通过了一项开创性法律，旨在通过禁止2008年以后出生的人合法购买香烟，从而创造一个“无烟一代”。《烟草和电子烟法案》预计将于2027年1月成为法律，将逐年提高购买年龄，直到实际上禁止向未来世代销售。虽然吸烟本身仍然合法，但该立法针对的是获取烟草产品。该禁令适用于英格兰、苏格兰、北爱尔兰和威尔士，与全球其他类似（但最近在新西兰被推翻）的努力相呼应。该法律还将扩大无烟区域，包括操场、学校场地和医院场所，并扩展到无电子烟的室内空间。批评者认为该法律没有解决吸烟的根本原因，但支持者认为这是一项重要的公共卫生干预措施，可以挽救生命。不含烟草的电子烟产品不包括在禁令范围内。

## 英国香烟禁令讨论 - Hacker News 摘要最近 Hacker News 的讨论集中在英国的新法律，该法律禁止向 2008 年以后出生的人销售香烟。辩论迅速超越了政策本身，引发了关于个人自由、政府过度干预以及禁令有效性的争论。许多评论员质疑年龄验证的长期可行性，而另一些人则将之与过去禁止诸如毒品等物质的失败尝试相提并论，认为教育是一种更有效的方法。一种核心矛盾出现在个人自由与社会化体系（如英国的 NHS）下集体承担医疗费用的责任之间。一些人认为，如果社会共同资助医疗保健，那么规范会给系统带来压力的行为是合理的，并可能导致对糖或酒精等其他物质的进一步禁令。相反，许多人对政府过度控制的滑坡表示担忧，并质疑在其他有害产品仍然合法的背景下，单独针对烟草的逻辑。讨论还涉及禁令的历史失败以及黑市的潜在可能性。

The UK is set to bar anyone born after 2008 from ever buying cigarettes as part of a push to make future generations completely smoke-free.

The United Kingdom’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill was passed by Parliament on Monday and is set to soon be signed into law by King Charles.

Once it takes effect in January 2027, anybody currently 17 and under — or born after Jan. 1, 2009 — will be banned from buying cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in the future, according to the BBC.

A person holds a lighted cigarette next to a beer glass and ashtray at an outdoor pub table. — Upcoming generations in the UK will forever be banned from buying cigarettes under legislation that passed Parliament this week. PA Images via Getty Images

The bill ensures that by raising the UK’s legal limit to purchase tobacco products — currently 18 — by one year every year from here on out, effectively blocking future generations from buying them forever.

Smoking itself will still be legal. It remains unclear whether older people will be able to give cigarettes to the younger generation that falls under the ban.

UK lawmakers said they are hopeful the “landmark” legislation will create a “smoke-free generation.”

“It is a landmark bill, my lords, it will create a smoke-free generation,” said Health Minister Baroness Gillian Merron.

“It is, in fact, the biggest public health intervention in a generation, and I can assure all noble Lords that it will save lives.”

The ban will apply to every country in the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

It has been in the works since 2024 and is one of the first of its kind in the world.

The Maldives islands in the Indian Ocean have a similar ban, while New Zealand became the first country to pass such a bill in 2023.

Cigarette butts in an ashtray on a recycling bin. — The legislation is intended to make the future UK generations completely smoke-free in coming years. In Pictures via Getty Images

But New Zealand’s ban was overturned within a year after government leadership changed.

Vaping products — so long as they are tobacco-free — do not fall under the UK’s expected ban, DW.com reported.

But most indoor spaces already smoke-free will become vape-free, too.

Playgrounds and outside schools and hospitals will now be smoke-free, along with other locations.

Smoking will still be allowed in designated zones outside the likes of pubs and restaurants and in homes.

Some critics decried the legislation as an overstep that fails to get to the core of why people smoke — and how to stop them.

“What we really need is a proper understanding of how we educate people not to take up smoking,” said conservative MP Lord Naseby.

英国将永久禁止未来世代购买香烟。 UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes

英国将永久禁止未来世代购买香烟。
UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes