Cigarette law changes and booze price hikes affecting millions coming in Budget
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dailystar.co.ukNew laws are coming in this year which are set to affect millions of smokers and drinkers, it has been revealed. As part of the government's plan to stop smoking in the UK entirely, from May 20, all menthol, flavoured, and skinny cigarettes, as well as rolling tobacco, will be banned from British shops.
It is understood that such forms of smoking encourage more young people to start, which the government wants to put an end to with this month's Budget.
The ban stems from the new European Union Tobacco Product Directive laws, which aim to outlaw cigarettes with a "characterising flavour" other than tobacco.
This follows a ban on packs of flavoured cigarette packs of 10 in May 2017. Under the law, fruity-flavoured and sweet cigarettes
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