Regulations to protect the health of young people and reduce youth smoking rates come into force in England and Wales on 1 October 2015.

George Butterworth, Cancer Research UK’s tobacco policy manager, said: "Making it illegal to smoke in cars with children will help protect them from the hundreds of lethal chemicals - around 70 of which cause cancer - found in cigarette smoke. This, along with the ban on adults buying tobacco for young people, is a further step towards keeping children out of harm’s way. Tobacco is a lethal, addictive product that will kill up to two thirds of long term smokers."

"Ultimately, these laws are about saving lives. 100,000 people die every year from a tobacco related illness - equivalent to the population of a city the size of Bath. Cancer Research UK wants to see smoking rates come down to five per cent from the existing 18/19 per cent in the next 20 years."

"The next important step in achieving this will be the removal of slickly designed and brightly coloured tobacco packaging. Next year these will be replaced with packs of uniform size, shape and design with large picture warnings on the front and back. Cancer Research UK is committed to the next generation of children being free from the death and disease caused by tobacco."

Source: Cancer Research UK