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Could Streeting’s smoking ban breach Brexit terms?

10 November 2024

9:11 PM

10 November 2024

9:11 PM

Labour ministers are very keen to be good Europeans. But could the cause of closer continental ties come at the price of Wes Streeting’s smoking ban? Tobacco firms are perplexed as to how proposals to ban tobacco products for younger Brits will work in Northern Ireland. Under the terms of the UK’s revised Withdrawal Agreement, EU law continues to apply in certain respects here.

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