How Northern Ireland's MPs voted in smoking and vapes ban

MPs have voted in favour of creating a smoke-free generation as well as introducing more regulation on vaping.

The bill will prohibit the sale of tobacco to people born on or after 1 January 2009.

Under-18s will also be prohibited from buying all vaping and nicotine products, and will also bring in new rules about advertising of these products.

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You can see how your MP voted by using the interactive below.

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While many areas of law around tobacco are devolved in the UK, the bill would ensure that a consistent approach to tobacco and vaping regulation was applied across the UK. It would do this primarily by amending existing tobacco and vaping legislation that has been implemented at a national level in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The bill would also consolidate existing tobacco and vaping control measures to provide a consistent legislative framework and strengthen enforcement.

While Scotland have set a target to be smoke-free by 2030 and Wales have a target of 2034, the Northern Ireland Assembly have yet to set a target for the region to be smoke-free.

The bill has passed its second reading in the House of Commons, with 415 votes in favour and 47 against.

It will now enter the committee stage before a third and final reading in the Commons, after which it will be passed to the House of Lords.

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