It should be illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone born after the year 2000, say leading doctors who want to wipe out smoking in the UK.
The radical plan – proposed by top British Medical Association members – would mean raising the tobacco sales age limit by a year every year after 2018.
It is currently illegal in England and Wales to sell cigarettes to under-18s while under-16s found with tobacco can have it confiscated by police.
BMA committee member Tim Crocker-Buque, said: “We must now work to prevent the next generation from falling into the nicotine trap.”