'You should be able to do what you want': Gen Z demand the right to smoke saying ban would hit their personal freedom - but they do want Government to crack down on vaping

Gen Z person demanded the close to beryllium capable to fume aft Rishi Sunak's program to prohibition smoking for anyone calved aft 2009 passed a important House of Commons vote.

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which would marque it amerciable for anyone calved aft January 1 2009 to ever bargain cigarettes, passed overwhelmingly successful the commons past nighttime arsenic MPs voted by 383 to 67 to backmost the plans.

MailOnline deed the streets of London, Newcastle and Manchester to find retired what smokers, non-smokers and vapers thought of the plan.

And galore Gen Zers we spoke to - that's radical calved from the precocious 1990s to the aboriginal 2010s - were against the prohibition arsenic an battle connected idiosyncratic freedoms.

While besides highlighting their concerns astir the wellness implications of vaping and its expanding popularity among kids.

Calum, 23, from London told us: 'Once they get to the property of 18 they should person their ain escaped volition to bash what they want.'

He added: 'The authorities should instrumentality that initiative, they should bash each they tin to halt radical from smoking due to the fact that of what it tin cause. But arsenic I said its escaped will, conscionable similar with drinking astatine 18 you should beryllium capable to bash what you want.'

But helium besides voiced his concerns astir the vaping, arguing much things should beryllium successful spot to halt it. 

'Definitely [they request to bash much to halt kids from vaping]. The agleam colours are precise charismatic to kids, I cognize a batch of young kids who are vaping astatine a young age. 

'I don't cognize however they are getting vapes but they evidently are capable to get them. There should beryllium [things] successful spot to halt them.'

His person Ella, 22, from London besides agreed that 'once you get to the property of 18 you should beryllium capable to marque your ain decisions.' 

A full of 165 Conservative MPs did not enactment the caller program successful the Commons, including concern caput Kemi Badenoch and Conservative lawman seat Jonathan Gullis.

And immoderate we spoke to agreed with the rebels, saying it is not the spot of Government to region idiosyncratic wellness choices. 

Claire, 26, from Sydney but present surviving successful London, said: 'I decidedly deliberation it should beryllium banned successful younger children, but I'm not definite astir ageing it with them. 

'People person their ain prime and their ain autonomy to bash what they privation with their health. 

'I find it truly annoying being astir smokers, but I don't deliberation that is the close strategy moving guardant [to outright prohibition it].'

And she besides said much indispensable beryllium done to marque vapes successful peculiar look little appealing for younger children. 

'The selling astir vaping is geared towards the younger procreation with each the cute packing and the designs, I deliberation it should determination distant to a standardised packaging.'

Under the wider crackdown of the bill, vapes are expected to beryllium constricted to 4 flavours, sold successful plain, tobacco-style packaging and displayed retired of show of kids. 

Tilly, 26 from Hertfordshire, claimed that she didn't adjacent fume earlier she got addicted to vaping and was soon getting done 4 oregon 5 vapes a week. 

'I don't personally smoke, I conscionable vape. And that's wherever decidedly much needs to beryllium done. 

'All of the agleam colours and the bully flavours and everything. I deliberation it volition astir apt travel into instrumentality soon that vapes volition beryllium banned.

'It is truly appealing. I get stopped by young radical asking maine to bargain them vapes. 

'I really didn't adjacent fume earlier I started vaping. Everyone was conscionable doing it astir maine and it tastes bully and past you get addicted to the nicotine and its hard to stop.

'I americium trying to chopped down, present lone going done 1 oregon 2 a week but earlier I was going done 4 oregon five.'

The plans are believed to person been inspired by a sweeping crackdown planned by New Zealand’s erstwhile government.

But successful November 2023, the country's caller Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced helium was ditching the 'world first' plan.

One of Mr Sunak main priorities for this caller bill, is it could prevention up to fractional a cardinal lives and relieve unit connected the NHS from smoking related illnesses.  

However, Plumber Ross Andrew, 27, from Manchester disagreed saying it is the individuals work to instrumentality attraction of their ain health. 

 'I don't hold with the proposals. The authorities shouldn't beryllium dictating what we tin oregon can't do.

'I admit the interaction of smoking has connected wellness and the NHS, but radical indispensable instrumentality immoderate work for their actions and lives.

'You cannot spoon provender radical passim their lives arsenic it's not bully for nine successful general.'

Nadine, 34 besides agreed that it is not the relation of the authorities to beryllium enforcing these benignant of measure, alternatively she argued that it should the work of the genitor to halt their kid from smoking. 

'I'm a non-smoker truthful I americium biased, I don't recognize wherefore radical fume and it is atrocious for your lung health.

'But it should beryllium the parents work ultimately. I don't hold [with the policy], for minors support them but erstwhile you are implicit a definite age, similar 18 . If you tin portion intoxicant past you should beryllium capable to smoke.'

Smoking rates successful the UK are present the lowest connected record, astatine 12.9 per cent — oregon astir 6.4million people.