Banning smoking for life: BBC News Review

Buying cigarettes in the UK is to become illegal for anyone born after 2009 – for their whole life. Lawmakers have approved a government plan to create a smoke-free generation. The law will make the sale of tobacco products, but not the act of smoking, illegal. Tobacco use is the UK's single biggest preventable cause of death, killing 80,000 people every year.

Key words and phrases
backlash - strong rejection of an idea
🔎 There was a backlash from parents when the school started charging for books.
🔎 Expect a backlash when you announce longer waiting hours.

derail - prevent a plan happening
🔎 The striking workers derailed the government's plans for pay cuts..
🔎 The pandemic derailed everyone's holiday plans for two years.

nuts - crazy
🔎 Trying to teach dogs to speak English is nuts.
🔎 She suggested climbing Mount Everest after just one week of training, which was nuts.

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✔️ 0:00 - Introduction
✔️ 0:24 - Story
✔️ 1:27 - Headline 1
✔️ 3:40 - Headline 2
✔️ 5:52 - Headline 3
✔️ 7:29 - Language summary

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[kabirsamaun]

I love this BBC English. The way it is presented

[SheldonMeCooperAKABrian]

The decision to ban the purchasing of cigarettes has received backlash from people who think it is nuts. Those people will try to derail the smoking ban.

[XJ_Cherokee]

I lost my dad to cancer in 2022 due to smoking.

I’ve heavily considered fighting against cigarettes and push for a full ban of them here in the United States, Because my dad and I were close and i loved him and appreciated him all the way till the end he always taught me how to work on cars, Learn what hard work is.💔

[assel]

As always informative lesson, thank you ❤❤

[Brian-foew]

You should definitely invite Neil to your karaoke birthday party! Neil loves singing! He sang in at least two episodes of The English We Speak and in a Facebook story!

[matmateo]

Best channel to learn vocabulary! Love you guys! ☺ 😘

[AmrSalem]

I like the chemistry between you guys
Thank you so much.

[julioabbadie]

Interesting topic and news about the habit of smoking.Julio retired teacher. Dolores.Argentina

[RichardThomas-ok]

Unless it is banned for everyone of any age it won’t work

[Leandro-LDD]

I confess by the context you might understand some words. Anwyays I am learning lots of words by watching this channel. Keep up the nice work, BBC.

[khrystyna]

Wish I never smoked a cigarette in my life

[BrianBrian-qnsc]

It's nuts not to invite Neil to your birthday party, Beth! You need to invite him now! You should also invite George, Sian, Feifei, Tim, Tom, Rob, Georgie, Dylan, Jiaying, and Phil! Also, could you invite me too?🥺🥰

[strongman]

It is hilarious how Neil keeps mentioning the idea of him not being invited to the party throughout the video. 😂😂
Beth, do invite him, or else it can cause some backlash.😂
In all seriousness, the video is awesome. Thank you for this lesson. I really appreciate it.

[prasadeddula]

Their combination of explaining the english language is superlative thanks for their combination of making everything clearer though I am not a native speaker I am able to understand everything clister clear

[sathyanarayanakalancha]

Benefactor discussion Neil. Health is wealth.

[BriantheBrick]

Happy birthday, Beth! However, you should invite Neil, otherwise he might be upset!

[Peter_]

I tried smoking on one occasion when I was about 16 years old in around 2002, and it was very unpleasant;
I coughed a lot, and I stank of smoke for like 10-20 minutes after that.
I have never smoked at all since then - it just doesn't seem worth it.

[mubaarigmaxamud]

Any one who was born after 2009, can not smoke, it was banned by uk government, despite its incredible decision its got a backlash from some people.

[jeannemariearcaini]

VERY GOOD JOB GUYS. LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I'M A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR. AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH