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The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
MPs have voted to back Rishi Sunak's progressive smoking ban. Can it work?
The Tobacco & Vapes Bill includes new legislation to increase the smoking age by one year, every year, banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 1st January 2009. MPs have voted the bill through its second reading and it is now in the committee stage.
The tobacco firm Philip Morris International have pledged to move away from selling cigarettes, and instead focus on heated tobacco products. In this episode, Becky Slack is joined by Dr. Moira Gilchrist of Philip Morris International, to discuss the company's plans for a "smoke-free future" and whether Britain - and tobacco firms - really can kick cigarettes for good.
This episode was paid for by Philip Morris International. The New Statesman retains full editorial control.
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| 0:00.0 | The New Statesman |
| 0:05.0 | Before we begin, we wanted to be as transparent as possible about how we have produced this episode, |
| 0:10.0 | which has been paid for by Philip Morris International. |
| 0:12.0 | The New Statesman retained full editorial which has been paid for by Philip Morris International. |
| 0:12.6 | The new statesman retained full editorial control of the episode. |
| 0:16.2 | As is normal, with many podcast interviews, |
| 0:18.6 | our guest, Dr Moira Gilchrist, an employee of PMI, |
| 0:22.4 | took part in a briefing call prior to recording where we shared |
| 0:25.3 | the broad topics we wanted to cover so she could prepare for the interview. |
| 0:28.6 | However, we did not share questions in advance. |
| 0:31.5 | It was also agreed in advance that although PMI are paying for the |
| 0:34.5 | episode no question is off limits. PMI have been allowed to hear a preview of the |
| 0:38.9 | episode for fact-checking but they have not changed any of the editorial content. |
| 0:43.0 | Most importantly, we want to hear from you about our partnered |
| 0:46.2 | podcast in general and this discussion in particular. |
| 0:49.2 | Please do get in touch with us to share your views. |
| 0:51.6 | You can email podcasts at new statesman.co. UK. |
| 0:55.8 | And now to the episode. |
| 0:57.0 | Can Ritchie Sunak succeed in creating a smoke-free generation? |
| 1:07.0 | I'm Becky Slack and this is a special episode of the New Statesman Podcast. In March this year, the government introduced the tobacco and vapes bill, which aims to create |
| 1:21.2 | the first smoke-free generation by banning the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after the 1st of January 2009. |
| 1:28.0 | It's a flagship policy for Rishi Sunak who first announced it with much fanfare in his speech at the Conservative Party conference in October. |
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