Rishi Sunak faces Tory backlash against 'illiberal' smoking ban
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49% : But, despite being hailed by health campaigners, the proposals have also been branded 'ludicrous', 'illiberal' and 'anti-conservative' by critics of state intervention on people's freedoms, while a smoker's group labelled the crackdown 'creeping prohibition'.48% : Government announces it will enforce tobacco display ban and consider plain packaging for tobacco products2015:
33% : Department of Health publishes plans to make England smoke-free by 20302020: Menthol cigarettes are banned in the UK and EUAdvertisementNigel Farage, the former UKIP leader who was feted by Tory activists at their Manchester conference, this morning condemned the 'stupid' plan and warned it would just create a 'black market'.
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