UK agrees ban on cigarette sales for people born after 2008 Children aged 17 or younger will face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes, under legislation that's just cleared Parliament. Vaping will also be banned outside schools and in playgrounds in England. A The U.K. has approved the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, banning cigarette sales for anyone born after 2008. The law also tightens vaping rules in places like cars with children and near schools, When disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as Government aims to go 'smokeless' Wales Online U.K. smoking ban: Canada should do the same, experts say