Rishi Sunak proposes smoking BAN in UK: Over 20 serving ministers may refuse to vote

MORE than 20 serving ministers may refuse to vote for Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban, The Sun can reveal. The free vote on outlawing anyone born after 2009 from ever legally buying fags is due within weeks. And there was confusion tonight over whether the vote on a total ban on disposable vapes would not be whipped. Downing Street rowed back from public claims the ban on throwaway puffs like Elf Bars and Lost Marys would also be considered a matter of conscience. No10 tonight insisted that no final decision had been made. But Mr Sunak defended his clampdown despite it already illegal to sell vapes to anyone under 18. He cited ease of access to single-use products targeted at kids and vowed to “stamp out” the trade with a full ban. And No10 insisted there were no current plans to ban over-18s from vaping - after the Department for Health said the vapes “should only be used by adults as a tool to quit smoking.” After the PM announced today that he is pushing on