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. (Images: via Getty Images) ✔️ 0:00 - Introduction ✔️ 0:24 - Story ✔️ 1:27 - Headline 1 ✔️ 3:40 - Headline 2 ✔️ 5:52 - Headline 3 ✔️ 7:29 - Language summary More episodes of News Review 👉 http://bit.ly/2K0Fdf0 More popular videos to help you improve your English: ⭐ BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Health' English mega-class! 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRqLoEmGWXg ⭐ BBC Learning English: Video Words in the News: Smoking in France 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txhssqOtGn4 ⭐ Teen nearly dies from vaping: BBC News Review 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSo-CbsQTZU 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv ✔️ Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/bbclearningenglish ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #newsenglish #smoking