Most Brits would back a ban on the sale of cigarettes or tobacco to anyone born after 2008, a YouGov survey has revealed.

Fifty-seven per cent of British people would support the legislation to bar younger generations from purchasing smoking-related products, while 34 per cent said they would 'strongly' support it.

The results come after New Zealand introduced this very legislation for people born on and after 2009, meaning that they will never legally be able to smoke.