Doctors call for e cigarette ban in public places over 'passive vaping' fears London Evening Standard The Standard 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, Schoolchildren in hospital as pupils 'struggle to make it through class without vaping' The Independent 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 How Could UK's "Smokefree Generation" Law Impact Vaping?