In the future you can look back and say..
They banned smoking in public spaces.
They banned smoking in public buildings.
They banned smoking in company cars/vans.
They banned smoking in cars containing children.
They banned tobacco advertising.
They banned tobacco vending machines.
They banned cigarettes being displayed in shops.
They banned colourful tobacco packaging.
They went after people selling cheaper tobacco from abroad.
But they didn't ban tobacco. because they took a great big cut of the filthy killer drug that people died and suffered from.
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Later this year, tobacco products will be taken out of vending machines - and now ministers are seeking to ban displays in shops and, perhaps, force manufacturers to use plain packaging.
Smoking, it is fair to say, is probably the most regulated mass habit around.
But a quick look at smoking rates explains why the government is taking an increasingly tough stance.
In the 1950s, when the link between smoking and lung cancer was established beyond doubt, eight in 10 men smoked.
By 1974, 45% of adults were smokers and this continued to fall until it dipped under a quarter in 2001.
But since then the numbers have started levelling off. Some 21% of adults still smoke, with manual groups twice as likely to do so as professional groups.
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