Mr Johnson also criticised the state of the Conservative Party, suggesting it lacked the “dynamism” of its Canadian counterpart riding high in the polls.
Mr Sunak’s policy of raising the minimum age for buying tobacco every year to try to phase out smoking has provoked criticism from a number of Tories, including another former prime minister Liz Truss, on the more libertarian wing of the party.
It has been reported that Mr Johnson could return to the campaign trail in the general election expected later this year, in an effort to help revive the Conservatives’ polling numbers, particularly in the “Red Wall” seats they won in 2019 in the North of England and the Midlands.
In January, Ms Truss - who was briefly prime minister after Mr Johnson - struck a similar note, arguing a Conservative government “should not be seeking to extend the nanny state”.
Speaking ahead of the introduction of the bill last month, Mr Sunak said: “If we want to build a better future for our children we need to tackle the single biggest entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability and death: smoking.”
A law aimed at phasing out tobacco sales was due to come into force in New Zealand in July, but was repealed by the country’s new coalition government in February.
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Mr Johnson also criticised the state of the Conservative Party, suggesting it lacked the “dynamism” of its Canadian counterpart riding high in the polls.
Mr Sunak’s policy of raising the minimum age for buying tobacco every year to try to phase out smoking has provoked criticism from a number of Tories, including another former prime minister Liz Truss, on the more libertarian wing of the party.
It has been reported that Mr Johnson could return to the campaign trail in the general election expected later this year, in an effort to help revive the Conservatives’ polling numbers, particularly in the “Red Wall” seats they won in 2019 in the North of England and the Midlands.
In January, Ms Truss - who was briefly prime minister after Mr Johnson - struck a similar note, arguing a Conservative government “should not be seeking to extend the nanny state”.
Speaking ahead of the introduction of the bill last month, Mr Sunak said: “If we want to build a better future for our children we need to tackle the single biggest entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability and death: smoking.”
A law aimed at phasing out tobacco sales was due to come into force in New Zealand in July, but was repealed by the country’s new coalition government in February.
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