Plain Cigarette Packaging Law Brought Forward

The Government is planning to bring into force legislation for plain cigarette packaging before the General Election in May. Health minister Jane Ellison said the regulations would be laid before Parliament in time to be agreed by both Houses before the election. During an adjournment debate in the Commons, Ms Ellison said tobacco caused around 80,000 deaths a year and that around 600 children in the UK take up smoking every day.