Menthol cigarettes are banned from Wednesday, as new anti-smoking laws come into force across the UK. Flavoured cigarettes will be made illegal in all stores, along with skinny cigarettes and flavoured rolling tobacco, from May 20, when the changes come into play.

It comes as figures show there are 1.3million menthol smokers across the country - 330,000 of whom are unaware of the impending ban.

The latest crackdown is part of a wider ban to deter young people from taking up smoking by outlawing cigarettes with a 'characterising flavour' other than tobacco.

It's been initiated under EU Tobacco Product Directive laws, amid concerns that menthol cigarettes are popular with youngsters who mistakenly think they are less harmful.

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