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Jump to full article: Belfast Telegraph (uk), 2007-10-01
Author: Claire Regan
Intro: A leading cancer charity today questioned why new UK tobacco laws banning the sale of cigarettes to under-18s do not extend to Northern Ireland - and urged them to be introduced here swiftly.
The Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) said it felt "very let down " that the new ruling from London does not yet apply to the province.
A new law raising the legal age of buying tobacco from 16 to 18 comes into force across England, Scotland and Wales today, bringing it in to line with alcohol. The Republic of Ireland has also already raised its legal age to 18.
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