Big Tobacco resorts to old tricks in campaign against UK's historic Tobacco and Vapes Bill The UK has officially passed a law that will ban anyone born after 1 January 2009 from ever legally buying cigarettes. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill cleared the House of Lords The UK Parliament has passed the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which effectively creates a "smoke free generation." The law bans the sale of cigarettes to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009. What does royal assent mean and when will tobacco bill take effect? LBC